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Tag Archives: porcelain
Disaster.
This will be a high speed posting, I am running out of time. It’s three weeks and a couple of days to the show and I haven’t even begun assembling dolls yet. And, helpfully, there has been a disaster. Here … Continue reading
Werk. Bang.
I have finished the rubbing down and cleared up. I have wet washed the floor, all the drapes across the furniture, my clothes, my hair, my bed and anything else involved. Fifteen solid at least fourteen hour days. Never done … Continue reading
Lifting the lid.
It’s always better than Christmas. I love lifting the kiln lid on things that have never been seen before. I came downstairs early and took the bungs out in my slippers, which is a strange place to have bungs. Then … Continue reading
Cooking up a storm.
If you’re waiting for a vampire to show up he’ll be back shortly. Meanwhile, if you’re not out shopping for garlic, I thought you might like to see this. This is the kiln loaded for the first firing of all … Continue reading
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First pour.
I have begun pouring and expect to be at it for days and days, possibly a week or more. Every day’s pour takes at least two to clean, so it looks like that’s my summer sorted. Here’s what I’ve got … Continue reading
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A rubber.
I’ve turned into a right little rubber, I’ll have to be, I have several hundred things to rub. Here they are: Does that look like plenty of work to you? It’s quite exciting because everything is new. What I’m hoping … Continue reading
Bio porcelain diversity.
Here is a picture, an interesting picture. Can you see what it is, yet? One of the extreme joys of porcelain is opening the kiln on a new doll. You just don’t know what you’re going to find. After 17 … Continue reading
Knackerbockers.
There will be no Knickerbocker Glory this Friday, not even a lick of the spoon. It’s ten at night on Thursday and I’ve just stopped rubbing down porcelain, which I’ve been doing all day. I’m beyond knackered and need to … Continue reading