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		<title>Bleuette Learns to Sew</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bleuette Part 6 &#8211; Setting Eyes and Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We started this week with the heads ready for eye setting, teeth setting and the eyelashes get applied. The putty has to dry before you can attach the head to a body. The eyes must be dry before setting the eyelashes. Time to assemble the little dolls. Always line the joints with leather or moleskin so the porcelain does not squeak when you move the legs/arms. This was the last week of making this batch. The kids are happy to be here and mama is glad to go on vacation!]]></description>
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		<title>Bleuette Part 5 &#8211; Making a Porcelain Doll</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week started with High Firing the clay into porcelain. You should always use witness cones to make sure your kiln is firing properly. It will go to some 2800 degrees, and take 12 hours or more to complete. You must wait for the kiln to cool down completely before opening or you will get thermal shock and your pieces will crack up. Make sure your sensing rod is covered with enough high fire wash as to not get your cone stuck in the mechanism. This can lead to a mess, always know how long your kiln takes to fire,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bleuette Part 3 &#8211; Cleaning the Greenware</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we start the cleaning process, these are all the pieces I poured and soft fired. One of the main reason to soft fire greenware is that the particles are heavier and will not be as irritating to your lungs. Also when the greenware is not soft fired it is very easily scratched. When it is soft fired it does not scratch as easily. Use a mask, this is a clay and the particles will stay in your lungs until you die, so do not breathe in the dust! Do not drink anything the dust gets into. Keep your&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bleuette Part 2 &#8211; Soft Firing the Greenware</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 2. Now comes the slow and painless part, soft firing. After pouring for about 7 days the greenware will air dry for a few days, we are very wet here, rain daily, so it has to air dry a few extra days the basement is at 75% humidity. That is down 10 points since I stopped pouring molds, but still wet, we want 40. This is the 1st batch to get soft fired to a cone 018 in the kiln. Depending on how much you pour daily, is how many soft firings you will have. You can pour more&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bleuette part 1-pouring the molds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the very beginning, conception as I call it, you mix the porcelain slip, then strain it, so no particles get into it, and ruin your doll&#8217;s face. Then you pour the slip into the molds and wait about 3 minutes, then drain the mold, and let it set up for an hour or so. Then you open the mold and cut the eyes out, if you want earrings now is when you make the little holes in the ears. You also open the back of the head, and any other openings you may want. Then the pieces have to&#8230;]]></description>
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