Grey now. Blue after the fire.
Raw cobalt goes on dull as ash, and only the kiln turns it blue. Take the brush and add to the painting. Then scroll to fire it.
Paint on the vase
The kiln climbs.
Jingdezhen porcelain is fired between 1,280 and 1,340 °C, in a smoky, oxygen-starved flame. Body and glaze are going to become one thing.
其软如棉絮
In the fire it is soft as cotton wool.
Song Yingxing, 1637. The firemen drew out a test piece on an iron fork. When it was truly done, they stopped the wood and ended the fire.
It went in grey.
Keep scrolling and let it cool. Nobody at the kiln can see the colour until the fire is out.
Now pick it up.
Flick it to spin. Tap it to hear it ring. Same fire, different glaze:
Menders once drilled blind holes with a diamond and stapled porcelain back together. The craft is called ju ci.
Sample catalogue. Names and prices are placeholders.