Seeing everyone looking at him, Ying Xuan was stunned, but still said calmly: "No, I haven't learned cloisonne."

The master nodded and smiled: "Maybe my friend doesn't know much about it. In fact, we have practiced the innovation of cloisonné, but the impression left by the entire craftsmanship on people is that they are dying and dying. Do you know why?"

Ying Xuan shook his head.

As a "royal skill", cloisonné craft has been far away from the lives of ordinary people since its birth. To this day, this kind of barrier still exists.

He picked up a cloisonné copper tire next to him and handed it over. The master smiled and said, "Like this utensil, you will have to be busy for several months just by pinching filigree."

Looking at the filigree pattern on the copper tire, about millimeters of copper wire were processed into undulating cloud patterns, densely arranged on the copper tire, with thousands of them.

And this is just one of the patterns.

"Finding is just one of the relatively easy steps. After completion, it must be placed in a high-temperature furnace of 600c-800c, and it must be burned twice. Then it is acid treatment. Only after the treatment can we enter the dot-blue coloring stage." The master stretched out his hand so that everyone could see his deformed fingers: "The process of acid treatment is simple, which means rinsing the copper tires in water and rinsing them constantly, but our hands have deformed joints because they are soaked in water for many years, and it hurts very much when the weather changes."

Those hands were indeed scarred and cracked in various ways.

But this is not uncommon. Many traditional craftsmanship are very hard, and not much craftsman cares about it.

What they care about is the spiritual pleasure of the culture that has been passed down.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether I'm tired or not. I've been a man who has been in the loess for a lifetime. I'm not afraid of pain." The master staggered and waved his hand hard: "But sir, cloisonne is not as good as your wood carvings. If I could have a younger student like you, I wouldn't be afraid of being tired no matter how tired I'm! But now, in the country, there are only four national cloisonne arts and crafts masters... there are only four."

This ratio is really sad for those who hear it.

"Take Beiyi as an example, those who make cloisonné now are young people in their fifties." In this case, the master couldn't help but be worried: "In this case, I also want to innovate, but we can't keep up with the trend. The trend can be clearly stated. Maybe what is popular today will not be popular in a while, but we make a cloisonné for at least one or two months, and for more than half a year. Where will the popularity wait for us?"

Maybe, before the stuff is finished, this thing is no longer popular.

Obviously, the cloisonne skills have fallen into crisis in their inheritance.

This is not even comparable to the third Yu'er. The Cloisonne crisis is not even possible to think of a way overnight.

Its continuation requires the persistence of a generation, or even generations.

"Since this is the case, we need to be more innovative." Ying Xuan explained effortlessly: "Cloisonne not only has complex craftsmanship, long production cycle, high cost, and poor product practicality. These conditions all restrict its development in the market. In this case, we must work hard to study new ways out. However, after seeing all the exhibitions, these patterns and shapes, there is basically no big change, and it feels the same."

There may be many people who are amazed by the deep historical and cultural heritage of cloisonné, but few people are willing to pay hundreds of thousands to buy a finely crafted cloisonné bottle.

What's more, it's all the same. I'll always get tired of watching it every day.

It’s like if you eat seafood occasionally, you will think, ah, it’s super delicious, but if you eat it every day, you will get tired of it one day.

The words are rough but not rough. Although Ying Xuan's words are not good, they are indeed the truth.

Everyone present looked a little ugly, but they still had to agree with his statement.

"Look, this blessing, fortune, longevity, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and even the same color, how can it attract people? Scarcity is precious. If a craft can be unique, I think its value will inevitably increase significantly."

Taixiao and others looked in the direction of his fingers. Indeed, the large pieces of handicrafts and patterns did not have much ups and downs. One of them was very beautiful when they were alone, but after they were put together, there was nothing particularly outstanding.

Without new blood injection and no innovation, and having been relying on old capital, can we not "stay alive and dying"?

Because Lu Zian always listened with a faint smile, everyone finally understood that their master-apprentice relationship was unusual and began to look at Ying Xuan seriously.

"What is Mr. Ying's opinion on this?" A senior executive looked at him very sincerely: "I would like to hear it."

Ying Xuan thought for a while: "First of all, we must base ourselves on the fundamentals. The biggest problem with cloisonne at present is that it is too elegant. It is too elegant for ordinary people to afford it. If you can afford it, it is useless to buy it. I think it is best to design some daily necessities, such as tea jars, storage boxes, etc., which is also good to use as gifts."

As soon as he talked about it, Ying Xuan gradually got inspiration and reached out to pick up a small bottle: "In the long run, if cloisonne wants to have long-term development, it still has to cater to market demand. Only products that are used by people are vital products."

No matter how you use it, someone needs it first.

What is the point of selling a few products to maintain turnover by relying on the pity and love of traditional culture by a small number of people?

Seeing that they were still preparing to discuss again, the master said decisively: "Just talk but not practice fake moves, will the young gentleman demonstrate?"

“…”

The scene was quiet, and then everyone was inspiration.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Ying is young and promising, and his understanding and understanding of craftsmanship are also..."

"Mr. Ying is very talented, I believe..."

"Especially with Master Lu's attentive guidance, sure..."

All kinds of high hats instantly made Ying Xuan confused.

No, what was agreed to be just a discussion with each other?

Why does the style suddenly change?

"No...I..." Every time he wanted to veto him, someone would quickly praise him and block his words.

Ying Xuan looked at Lu Zian standing beside him with tears in tears, and suddenly understood why his master never said anything since he spoke.

He is stupid, he is really stupid!

This is like digging a hole for yourself to jump. No wonder the master stopped talking at all!

"Master..." He looked at Lu Zian for help.

Lu Zian smiled and said lightly: "Since everyone says that, then you can try it."

No?

Ying Xuan drove the duck on the shelves and was pushed to the workbench and couldn't recover.

It's totally unsure! No, he can't do it at all!

"Master..." Help!
Chapter completed!