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Brand new.

The brand, if I can call it that, is me.  All my dolls are mine, as you know if you are a regular reader.  All my porcelain dolls begin as sculptures done by me, from which I make the moulds. … Continue reading

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Disaster.

This will be a high speed posting, I am running out of time.  It’s three weeks and a couple of days to the show and I haven’t even begun assembling dolls yet.  And, helpfully, there has been a disaster. Here … Continue reading

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Werk. Bang.

I have finished the rubbing down and cleared up.  I have wet washed the floor, all the drapes across the furniture, my clothes, my hair, my bed and anything else involved. Fifteen solid at least fourteen hour days.  Never done … Continue reading

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Pressing the buttons.

The OH is utterly addicted to his mobile phone.  If he is awake, it is in his hand.  He thinks he is a genius because he knows everything, I think he has outsourced his thinking. When I rub down the … Continue reading

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Werk 3 ish.

I am working twelve hour days at present.  I am still rubbing down all the porcelain castings and now after a week of rubbing I am here. All the big stuff up the far end of the dining table has … Continue reading

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W-erk! 2

My dining table currently looks like this . It’s the result of pouring porcelain every twelve hour day for a fortnight.  If I do that, I get this, which is a lot of work no matter which end you look … Continue reading

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The time of the lilies.

Sounds like one of those frustrated nineteenth century novels where the heroine spends a great deal of time looking out of an upstairs window, fiddling with the net curtains whilst pinning all her hopes on a forthcoming bring and buy … Continue reading

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The pour the merrier.

I am still pouring porcelain, by tomorrow I’ll be into my second week of it.  I took a photograph of what I’d achieved the day before yesterday   not very impressive is it?  The moulds waiting to be poured are … Continue reading

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Not raining, pouring.

Regular readers know exactly what I’m doing. I’m pouring liquid clay to make dolls, sculptures, ornaments and all the rest of the things I have made for over thirty one years in porcelain. There’s a lot to pour.  There are … Continue reading

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Gareth not Gareth.

I’ve been looking after the grandchildren while their parents were away on holiday.  They live in a lovely Edwardian semi with all the original fireplaces, halfway up a mountain in Wales. Mountain is not an exaggeration.  The first day I … Continue reading

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