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| Sculpting
Nina. Pauline always sculpts with earthenware clay. |
Sculpting
can take just a few days, or it could take weeks. |
Sculpting
almost finished. |
The final
touches. |
Bob starts
the mold making. A line is drawn at the mid-way point. |
Clay is
added up to a centre line. |
Almost ready
for the sides to be put around the piece. |
The sides are fitted and
plaster will be poured in to finish the first half of the mold. |
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| Molds of
arms & legs are poured. |
The mold is
separated to reveal Nina's face. |
Features are
detailed while the head is still in the mold. |
The finished
Nina. |
Nina with
her faithful dog. |
A closer
view of the happy little Nina. |
And yet
another view. |
Below
are pictures of the rest of the process. |
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Once the porcelain is poured
and partly dry the piece is removed from the mold. |
Pauline in the Studio with a
few pieces on the shelves behind her. |
The pieces have to air dry
for some days. |
Once dry, the pieces are
fired for the first time to a hardness that will allow them to
be cleaned wet. |
During the cleaning, detail
to fingernails etc. are seen to. |
The pieces are cleaned wet
so as to prevent porcelain dust getting to our lungs. |
Once cleaned, the pieces are
kept wet until we have enough ready to fill our bigger kiln. |
Pauline
mixes the paint. We use several colours to achieve the
skin tones we are looking for |
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| The lip and
eyebrow colour is mixed. |
The paint is
applied, and most is wiped off to leave just a thin film. |
The paint is
applied layer by layer with a firing each time. |
The kiln is
loaded after each paint application. There are up to six
paint firings. |
Pauline
inspects some pieces after a firing. |
The pieces,
after several paint firings, nearly have the skin tone we
require. |
One of the
2005 girls "Linda" has a "tummy". Pauline is sculpting
that piece here. |
The finished tummy is
tried on the body of "Linda" |
