KBCStafford – Page 13 – Kevin BC Stafford

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Miniature Porcelain Romance Figure

Valentine’s Day seems the perfect time to present this miniature which I am calling “The Lovebirds”. From the same lot of five as the Porthos, Pierrot and Voltigeur miniatures posted last year. Every bit their equal in quality. Probably Russian […]

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2017_7

Another week of slip casting, cleaning greenware and bisque firing. Not a lot of work space left. Wrapped up slip casting yesterday. Putting the handles on the last few cups today and then that’s it. Time for glazing and firing. […]

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2017_6

As you might have gathered from how I ended last week’s post, I finished up the larger under plate mould and that was it. There really is no room left in the studio for any more moulds until this group […]

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2017-5

It took a couple days to get the under plate for the small planter right. Made three copies of the mould. It seemed like a good idea to make a larger planter as well. I modified another found object by […]

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Miniature Porcelain Orientalist Figure

This “Miniature Turk” may have been made by the Russian Imperial Factory. I make my case by comparing it to two other miniatures I attributed to the IPF in March and April of last year. Both are archived and searchable. […]

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2017_4

One of my resolutions for the new year is to make some of the things that people are looking for. With that in mind, this past week I thought I was making a yarn bowl all the way from model […]

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Antique Porcelain Erotic Miniatures

I saw my first “Man Adjusting Boots” last summer. I thought to myself “if he were a she, this would be an erotic figure”. That was enough to convince me to buy it. Just last month I was reorganizing some […]

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Russian Porcelain Boatman

This spill vase was made by a Russian Private Factory in the mid nineteenth century. The subject matter makes it so. A man in traditional Russian costume appears to have had one too many for the road. He poses defiantly […]

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2017_3

The firings went very well. Pleased with the results. The window at the Stoneware Gallery went up on Friday afternoon. It felt really good to put everything in place. It is an an amazing collection. Unlike any you will see […]

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2017-2

It was a busy week right from the start. There was an opportunity while the vases were drying to get back to the mask cups and bowls. You might remember that I had left them in an unfinished state weeks […]