There are two ways to make ceramic handicrafts. One is to use high-quality kaolin to directly mold, and the other is to turn over the mold and then inject or rub it. Dehua porcelain is usually glazed or not after the adobe is dry, and then put into the kiln to produce the finished product at a high temperature of more than 1000 degrees Celsius.
Dehua ceramics industry started with firing daily utensils. Later, due to the remarkable achievements of porcelain sculpture art, the products of utensils received relatively little attention. Utensil ceramic products have been produced in large quantities in Dehua for domestic and foreign sales. By the Ming Dynasty, they had gradually formed their own modeling and decoration system and become an important part of traditional Chinese ceramics. The products of Dehua ceramic ware can be classified into daily life appliances in terms of functions, including plates, bowls, cups, plates, cans, pots, stationery, lamps and candlesticks, etc; The furnishings, decorations and offerings include bottles, zun, gu and ding, stoves, beans, etc. These two categories of artifacts are simple and neat in shape and have strong traditional meanings. The shapes of daily life utensils are mostly evolved by using traditional forms, or integrated by simulating natural forms. The designers consider that the shapes need to adapt to the characteristics of ceramic materials and technologies, and form a formal language that conforms to its properties and characteristics. The shape and decoration of Dehua ceramics are obviously influenced by the bronzes and jades of Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the implication of Xuande furnace in the Ming Dynasty, especially the shape and decoration of furnace. Dehua ceramic's excellent traditional cylindrical double-chi pot, lion head cylindrical bottle, elephant ear string pattern statue, rhinoceros horn cup and so on are rare unique styles in other production areas.
The early products of the Song Dynasty were mainly celadon and white porcelain, which gradually developed into white glazed porcelain with the continuous improvement of technology. The white glaze porcelain of the Ming Dynasty is as jade as fat, creating a unique "ivory white", which is regarded as the representative of Chinese white porcelain. Its decoration technology mainly includes carving, painting, printing and stacking printing decoration carving, also known as flower painting. Dehua white porcelain has the characteristics of white texture, exquisite as jade, smooth glaze, and chime sound, so it is called "Chinese white". Its special thin tire products are as thin as cicada wings, and are extremely beautiful. Dehua folk sculpture artists combine sculpture with porcelain art, and are good at making white porcelain Guanyin. The white porcelain Guanyin made by them has a vivid appearance and is recognized as a white porcelain treasure. Dehua white porcelain does not seek the beauty of color, but the beauty of simplicity, purity and elegance. It has a full understanding of the materials used, and its design orientation and orientation are accurate, which fully shows the creative wisdom of artisans of all ages. If we say that the white porcelain of Jingdezhen kiln is famous for its blue and white glaze, Dehua white porcelain is mainly milky white, the glaze layer is plump, and the light color is like jade, which shows the characteristics of ice and jade, and contains intriguing charm. By contrast, it has the same effect.
