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Finding Flees Three

This erotic porcelain miniature was made in the late nineteenth century by the same unknown factory as the one posted last week. Continental or Russian. The pretext is once again a woman finding a flee on her body. More specifically […]

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2017_12

The foot-inset-lid forms were more of a struggle than I imagined. I forget how imprecise I really am. Took a few days to get what I was after. Spent the rest of week making the final versions ready for mould […]

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Finding Flees Two

This erotic porcelain miniature is from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Russian or Continental. The subject is a woman who has just found a flee in the folds of her robe. Right next to her ample bosom. She […]

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2017_11

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks playing with blocks. It started with those three small square bowls. I just couldn’t put them away. I started by turning them on end as an upright container. An idea was born. Turn […]

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Finding Flees One

This erotic porcelain miniature is mid to late nineteenth century. Continental or Russian. A woman in a loose nightgown and cap has just spotted a flee on her shapely leg. Her eroticism is not about what she reveals. It is […]

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2017_10

A small project grew into something much bigger this week. I will tell you about it next post. Time to look at some of the recently fired plant pot sets. When I glazed the cylinder vases posted in January, I […]

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Antique Porcelain Woman with Chamber Pot

Please understand that the story I am weaving together in these weekly instalments is highly speculative. There is precious little evidence to go on when trying to attribute erotic porcelain miniatures. When they come up for sale, erotic miniatures seem […]

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2017_9

There was enough oxide on hand to make one 500 gram batch of the additive for Black Hole. I’ve been using up random acrylic polymers I bought second hand locally. Something odd happened with the one I used this time. […]

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2017_8

I spent most of the week mixing and brushing glazes. Will be ready to start glaze firing in another day or two. Getting low on the right mesh sizes of polymer additive for Black Hole. Had to grind the coarser […]