Wide color
Also known as "Guangzhou weaving gold color porcelain"
It has a history of more than 300 years
It has the charm of Chinese painting
Absorb the exquisite Western painting style
Wide color is presented
"East meets West on porcelain"
Li Yipo, 68 years old
He is the inheritor of Macau's Guangcai skills
Influenced by the family
He began to contact the porcelain industry at the age of seventeen or eighteen
It's been more than 50 years now
Li Yipo first learned the furnace process
He remembers the electric stove at that time
There is no temperature measurement tool
The color of the fire can only be observed with the naked eye
To guess the temperature
He recalls his past as an apprentice
"The master taught us to smoke by the kiln
When the stove and the light on the cigarette butt reach the same color
It means that the firing is complete."
After mastering the furnace process
Li Yipo began to take charge of the operation of the color porcelain factory
During this period
He is passionate about painting
Continuously study painting techniques
He recalled
I would have stayed alone in the workshop
Slowly grope
Macau Guangcai has distinct Lingnan characteristics
It also incorporates Western techniques and elements
Present the characteristics of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures
Listed in 2020
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Macao
The process of making Guangcai begins with the selection of porcelain tires
Sketched and lined
There are many processes such as filling, sealing gold, and firing
Li Yipo said
The most important thing to do is color design
Sometimes he would put white porcelain
Leave it for two or three months before you start writing
"Being there doesn't mean I don't do it
I eat and watch, thinking about how to do it."
Feng Qiu Huang (works by Li Yipo)
Wide color porcelain appearance
It has a three-dimensional feeling of unevenness
This is related to the pigments used
Li Yipo introduced
Water-based pigments have a certain thickness
Oily pigments, on the other hand, are heavy in color and thin in quality
Use with you when drawing
you can make a pattern
It exhibits a blending effect of different shades
Li Yipo bluntly said that Guangcai pays attention to refinement
The hardest part is drawing lines
"The ink pen draws lines on the porcelain
Write accurately
The hand is not fixed enough to draw at all
These steps take a lot of thought."
Li Yipo and his apprentices
Li Yipo, who is nearly ancient
Say that you insist on doing Guangcai
Purely out of interest
"Do as much as you can in your life."
I don't think about the trade-offs."
Li Yipo now has three apprentices
He said he was an easy-going master
Teach your apprentices
"He didn't understand that I would ask him
He wouldn't have Taught him
I don't have a secret."
Speaking of heritage
Li Yipo said that he upholds a "normal heart"
Hopefully, more people will be aware of this tradition
For example, interest classes can be set up in schools
Different from items such as paper
Porcelain will not fade for 100 years
Children draw works at the age of 6
When I reached the age of 60, the porcelain was still the same as it was then
He hopes that the children will have a chance
Try and learn about this traditional skill
The color pen is a needle, and Danqing is a thread
Guangcai painted porcelain master on top of porcelain
Thousands of patterns were drawn
It also imprinted a lifetime of ingenuity and perseverance
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