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 making porcelain clay......

Working in Red Lodge Studio #1

Working in Red Lodge Studio #1

 making porcelain clay......

making porcelain clay......

 ingredients....   

ingredients....

 

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 from dust to clay!

from dust to clay!

 here is my work space.......

here is my work space.......

 ...the slab roller will make this lumpy pile of clay nice and flat and smooth....

...the slab roller will make this lumpy pile of clay nice and flat and smooth....

 ...half way through......

...half way through......

 ...the reveal........

...the reveal........

 ...boom, a nice slab to make tiles....

...boom, a nice slab to make tiles....

 cutting and smoothing and finishing tiles by hand after the slab roller

cutting and smoothing and finishing tiles by hand after the slab roller

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 ....buckets of slip used to coat the tiles......

....buckets of slip used to coat the tiles......

 smoothed tile....

smoothed tile....

 ....black clay slip added to the tile....

....black clay slip added to the tile....

 ...yellow ochre slip on long/strip  tiles.....

...yellow ochre slip on long/strip tiles.....

 ....applique tiles.....

....applique tiles.....

 tiles drying slowing on rack....

tiles drying slowing on rack....

 here is a plaster stamp I made of one of the block prints I had made in India....in addition to printing on paper, I am using them as stamps for clay...

here is a plaster stamp I made of one of the block prints I had made in India....in addition to printing on paper, I am using them as stamps for clay...

© 2013 Chotsani Elaine dean