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		<title>Bleuette Learns to Sew</title>
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		<title>Momo&#8217;s Birthday Picnic</title>
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		<title>Bleuette Holiday Part 2</title>
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		<title>Bleuette Holiday</title>
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		<title>Bleuette Halloween Party!</title>
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		<title>Bleuette (and Rosette) Birthday Party</title>
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We get to dress the dolls and set up the birthday party!





















The party was so much fun, everyone got ice cream and cake and they shared opening their gifts and they got new cloths, toys and a Barbie! They played all day long and slept well all night&#8230;&#8230;






















The new girls have arrived.



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		<title>Bleuette Part 6 &#8211; Setting Eyes and Assembly</title>
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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!



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		<title>Bleuette Part 5 &#8211; Making a Porcelain Doll</title>
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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 4 &#8211; Cleaning and Firing Greenware</title>
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Cleaning greenware is a slow and boring process and mistakes happen. Always cut the eye&#8217;s first, if the eye cuts are not right it is garbage, period. So take your time do it right. 

This head is bad there is nothing that can be done, you could try, but by the time you get something the eyes will be huge, too huge, toss it







&#8230;and start over like this.







These are still in the cleaning process.







The kiln is being loaded slowly there is still room for some of the ones I am still working on.







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		<title>Bleuette Part 3 &#8211; Cleaning the Greenware</title>
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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 water in&#8230;]]></description>
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