The cracks of porcelain are also an important part of the decorative beauty of porcelain, and the ancients even invented a word to describe it - 璺 [wèn], just from the composition and structure of the text, you can imagine its unpredictable and exquisite beauty.
The most classic of porcelain crack decoration is ice crack, ice crack is also known as open piece, or broken porcelain pattern.
Ice cracks, as the name implies, in the cold winter, frozen three feet, sticks or stones on the ice, there will be many white lines that explode on the ice surface, this pattern is called ice crack is the most vivid.
It is an ancient Chinese ceramic firing process, known for its grain pieces such as ice cracking, lobes layered, three-dimensional sense.
Ice crack disc
Ice cracks, very common in life, they are transparent and ethereal, in harmony with the texture of glass or crystal; Their textures are intertwined, and they are far away, which is beautiful and makes people think of endlessly. It is no exaggeration to say that ice cracks are typical of the beauty of decay into magical mutilation.
Ice cracks appear in porcelain due to the natural cracking of the glaze.
There are two reasons for cracking: first, the blank mud extends in a certain direction during molding, which affects the arrangement of molecules; Second, the expansion coefficient of the blank and glaze is different, the internal expansion force is unbalanced, and the existing state cannot be maintained, which produces the fracture and displacement of the glaze layer, resulting in the ice crack effect, and when cooling after roasting, the shrinkage rate of the glaze layer will also cause cracks.
It was originally a defect in the firing of porcelain, but because of its unique beauty, it became a special decoration of porcelain.
Southern Song Dynasty official kiln celadon chrysanthemum plate
There are many kinds of textures produced by the opening film, which cannot be controlled by humans. According to the sparseness of the crack and the shape of the figure, the pattern is called caviar pattern, crab claw pattern, cow hair pattern and eel blood pattern.
Song celadon sunflower plate
People's love and inspiration for ice cracks in porcelain may come from the texture of beautiful jade and natural crystals, which in the process of growth, encounter earthquakes or the extrusion of the formation, and produce some natural "traces" inside it. The ice cracks on the surface of celadon are like the faint ice flowers on the surface of white crystal.
Song Ice crack flat mouth bottle
Among the open pieces of Song Dynasty porcelain, ice cracks in several official kilns and brother kilns are the most typical. On the lustrous pink blue and moon-white glaze of the official kiln, a large area of cracks stretches out, like the willow branches and plum shadows on the snow, and the effect is exquisite, with a sense of natural success and ingenuity.
Song Ice crack engraved bowl
The use of ice cracks in furniture was only respected after porcelain, and it was also influenced by porcelain.
In ancient times, ice cracks were often decorated in the form of open-cut and tenon joints on the fence of the bed, the back of the chair, the transparent cabinet door and the lower shelf of the painting, which not only met the function of "transparency" of specific furniture components, but also greatly enriched the shape and decorative effect of the furniture: it looked like transparent ice, and like plum blossom pieces, layered on top of each other, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality.
In modern times, ice cracks are more widely used, and they are more common on the table top of some dining tables and on the lower shelves of coffee tables. They are airy and ethereal, in harmony with modern architecture; Their textures are intertwined, drifting away, and evoking endless associations.
Everything has cracks, and that's where the light comes in.
In the thick and shallow cracks on porcelain, the ancient and modern public has intertwined the process from seeking roundness and seeking fullness to accepting defects and accepting imperfections, perhaps, this is why people have always liked ice cracks.