Porcelain figurines

Porcelain Figurines

Porcelain figurines take many forms but the process for making them is basically the same. Some are glazed before they are painted and some are not. This set was glazed on the clothes and hair.

This set was painted on polished porcelain bisque without glaze.

This little lady is a powder box. She also makes a good place for small trinkets.

I hand made her roses and added them before the first firing.

This set of bunnies were poured in ceramic and painted with glaze.

This is another color version of the bride & groom described in "Porcelain".

I painted this one with glaze and it didn't turn out very well. I guess it was just as well that a grandson accidentally broke it soon after it was made.

The molding of this box is a little complicated. You must cut all the holes and place the 3 knobs after it comes out of the mold. Also, you have to coat the top of the edge of the box with silica and place the greenware lid on to fire. Otherwise, the lid won't fit. This candy box is of polished porcelain bisque. The roses are china paint decals fired on. To be able to get decals to stick well enough to be fired on bisque, you must glue them on with thin Elmers white glue. There is also a larger matching decal fired on inside the bottom of the box. It's worth all the work.