February 2017 – Kevin BC Stafford

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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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Miniature Porcelain Women in Nightgowns

I believe this trio of erotic beauties was made by one or more Russian Private Factory in the mid nineteenth century. Like “Woman Lacing Boots” posted a couple weeks ago, these factories would have been in the Gzhel region where […]

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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 […]

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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 […]