In recent years, relying on the rich and thick historical and cultural resources, Jianyang has promoted the inheritance and development of "Jianyao Jianzhan Firing Technique", and many representative inheritors of Jianyao Jianzhan firing skills have emerged, who are stationed in cultural "treasures", reside in ancient French techniques, and carry forward the intangible cultural heritage, which is the most important transmission carrier of intangible cultural heritage. Today for you to introduce the Chinese ceramic arts and crafts master, the national intangible cultural heritage project - "Jianyao Jianzhan firing technology" representative inheritor Lu Guoweishi, he pioneered the introduction of Songchai into the electric kiln, skillfully combined traditional technology and modern technology, to achieve the reduction effect required for firing jianzhan, this special production technology has now been widely promoted and used by the industry, showing the artistic style of contemporary cup makers, reproducing the artistic charm of building cellars for the world.
Lu Guowei: Founder of retro oil drops, senior arts and crafts artist, master of Chinese ceramic arts and crafts, representative inheritor of Jianyao Jianzhan production technology, master of arts and crafts of Nanping City, famous artist of Arts and Crafts of Nanping City, director of Lu Guowei Tianmu Jianzhan Research Institute of Jianyang District, Nanping City. In June 2021, Lu Guowei was once again recognized as the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project "Jianyao Jianzhan Firing Technique". This is the relevant government departments to commend the talents who have made outstanding contributions in the kiln construction industry, and it is also a full affirmation and high evaluation of Lu Guowei's kiln and kiln firing technology.
Lu Guoweishi has been deeply cultivating the Jianzhan firing industry for forty years, recording hundreds of notes, and in more than 10,000 days and nights, after more than 100,000 firing experiments, ingenious creations, only to restore the "national treasures" that have been lost for thousands of years, and to reproduce the glory hidden in the Jianzhan in the Song Dynasty. Persistent pursuit of the beloved cause, burning the flame of life, with the lamp as the load, to the shape as the soul, the accumulation of bits and pieces of continuous transformation to create perfect quality of the work, has now developed rabbits, oil droplets, partridge spots, tiger skin spots, obsidian changes, watermelon flowers, banana leaves, Tianmu leaves, gold bowls, gold dot oil drops and other products.
Ancient Meaning Butterflies change
In the kiln fire, The great master lu Guo enjoyed the leisure and elegance of the Song people's return to simplicity and simplicity, and pursued the taoyuan realm of art in his heart. On the basis of antique inheritance and innovation, after years of experimentation, delve into the ancient law meaning of Song Jianzhan, so that the ancient rhyme is more intense. His masterpieces are pearl spots and butterfly oblivion, which are not only difficult to fire, but also ornamental.
The obsidian is listed as the "supreme divine product of jianzhan", which refers to the irregular dots gathered on the black bottom glaze, and the surrounding area glows with a dazzling rainbow-like light dominated by blue. Butterfly obsidian and traditional obsidian are different, the ordinary obsidian is a round iron crystal, around can be observed faintly colorful light, this kind of obsidian in the light is very ornamental. The butterfly change of Lu Guo's great master is that the crystal layer changes color to form a texture like butterfly wings, which is the origin of the name "butterfly spot".
Another proud work of Lu Guoweishi is pearl spotted, the shape of the instrument is simple and generous, black and white are distinct, the glaze is pure and bright as a mirror, and the blue and black glaze is as deep as the "black hole" in the universe, and the color is monotonous and full of a sense of mystery. The pearl patterns on the inner walls are lifelike and three-dimensional, just in contrast with its blue-black glaze and visual impact. After adding the tea soup, it shows the unique charm of the cup, giving people a rustic aesthetic, a very profound craftsmanship, quite a personality, is a rare boutique, well received by collectors and the industry.
Lu Guo's great master's colorful obscuration, the shape is simple and generous, the blue and black glaze spots are dark, just like the "black hole" in the universe, surrounded by a looming color halo, emitting mysterious colorful light under the light, turning different angles, the light is also colorful and magical, it seems to be able to see the entire vast universe, even good to give people unlimited reverie.
The firing process of Jianzhan is bound to be a process of continuous experimentation, and the skills have been continuously improved and perfected in the countless failures encountered, the unexpected surprises of beauty, the flowers of "ingenuity" of ingenious craftsmanship, and the poetic meaning of the cups. Lu Guoweishi's double-sided glazed gold dot oil drop cup, innovative glaze color, ancient charm, gorgeous and elegant, from the moment of the kiln, is the focus of the world, can be called a fine product.
Each work of Lu Guoweishi is a rare masterpiece, which has been highly affirmed by industry experts, won many Awards for Jianzhan Art Exhibition, created a high-quality brand in the Jianzhan industry, and sold well throughout the country as well as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, etc., becoming a masterpiece that the majority of collectors and customers compete to have.
Craftsmanship has won numerous awards
In 2014, Lu Guowei's ceramic work "Golden Dot Oil Drops" won the Gold Award for Outstanding Works of the 9th China (Putian) Strait Crafts Fair; in 2014, "Pearl Spots" won the Best Inheritance Award of the 7th Cross-Strait (Xiamen) Cultural Industry Expo Fair"; in 2014, "Golden Partridge Spots" won the "Chinese Craft Excellent Works Award" Silver Award; in 2015, the representative work "Rust Spots" won the 8th Cross-Strait (Xiamen) Cultural Industry Expo Fair" In 2015, "Colorful Silver Milli" won the Second Fujian Most Creative Cultural Product Selection Potential Creative Cultural Product Award.
Inherit culture, ingenuity and creation. In the future, Lu Guowei will continue to adhere to his artistic pursuit based on ingenuity, polish and calcinate, always maintain an enterprising heart and a sense of responsibility, be a messenger of Jianzhan culture, continuously inherit and carry forward Jianzhan culture, and make new contributions to promoting the high-quality development of Jianzhan cultural industry.