Snowdrop baby fairies completed

Photo taken by me using my new digital camera.

Snowdrop baby fairies....

Attached mohair hair to the completed bisque dolls. I am going to dress them as "Snowdrop baby fairies'.

The first three....

It went fine until the first firing after the china painting. It looks as if the paint was burnt on the surface of dolls. I have finished soft firing of spare parts, as well as complete two more sleeping eye babies. If they come out all right, after paint firing, I will replace some of the limbs of these three babies.

Painting... (1) Over all wash

Painting the skin tone using sponge and occasionally, thin blushes....

after this, these dolls will go back into the kiln for the first firing.

Bisque firing....finished.

Bisque firing was successful.  Dolls came out fine. 

Comparing to greenware (right), they have shrunk! 

Next step is painting....

Bisque firing....

Now three mini babies are in the kiln for "bisque firing"... 

I have just closed peep holes and the lid about 15 minutes ago. 

It will be tomorrow when it is opened again.

Wet cleaning....

After soft firing, I waited over night for the kiln to cool down,

Then today, I did "wet cleaning"....

So far so good.....

 

Soft firing....

Today, I put green ware of three miniture babies into kiln for "soft firing" at 700 C.

Pouring to slip into molds...and

I started pouring porcelain slip into the mold again, today.