How to Carve Porcelain Maker's Marks — From Start to Finish

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This week's video is a revisit of sorts. I'm carving porcelain maker's marks used to sign my pots but this time I'm demonstrating the carving of them, the bisque firing, how they're glazed, how I construct their little 'jigs' for firing, the reduction firing itself and finally unpacking the finished, now glaze covered and shrunken objects. Here's a link to Mark Tallowin's website, the man who made my stamp pouch shown at the beginning: https://www.marktallowin.co.uk I used Audrey Blackman porcelain for these but you can use any, or a smooth, stoneware clay body/terracotta too. Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:23 – The tools used 0:44 – Preparing the porcelain 1:15 – Separating out the 'blanks' 1:40 – Piercing holes in the handles 2:47 – Grinding the tops flat 3:22 – Two tips and tricks 4:18 – Penciling in my backwards symbol 4:29 – The carving begins 5:20 – Carving away to create the border 6:06 – Cleaning up the length 6:42 – Testing the mark 7:27 – Packing them for a bisque firing in my electric kiln 8:21 – Glazing the stamps 9:13 – Creating the 'jigs' which they're fired in 11:07 – Packing my ROHDE KG-340 gas kiln 11:20 – Firing the gas kiln to cone ten, (1290ºC) 12:28 – Unpacking the kiln 36 hours later 13:38 – Unsheathing them and showing the finished pieces 14:22 – Afterword and demonstrating pots being stamped Thanks for watching, especially if you made it all the way to the end! ____ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/floriangadsby/ TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@floriangadsby Website – http://www.floriangadsby.com