Carving Miniature Maker's Marks
hese stamps start out as a rolled-out sheet of porcelain that’s cut up into individual ‘blanks’, which are then carved and refined further. This video begins with once of those blanks, pierced with a hole so that I can eventually wrap cord around them, (this makes them easier to hold and use without dropping the tiny slippery objects). The other end is polished flat against a smooth wooden surface with a drop of water, hereafter I let the porcelain turn ALMOST bone dry, and then begin carving.
I actually have a whole stack of these blanks that are completely bone dry now, ready for future use, and when it comes time to carve them, I’ll dip the heads in water quickly and let them sit for a while before I start.
It’s delicate work. The clay chips easily and all it takes is one wrong move for the needle to chatter and ruin the carefully engraved lines. I make it harder for myself in many ways too by working on such a small scale, maker’s marks needn’t be this small, I just needed a miniature one to stamp the feet of my bowls.
If you’d like to watch this process in full, from a flat sheet of porcelain, to the finished, glazed objects, you can find a long video on YouTube that goes over it all, you should be able to find it by searching for, ‘How to Carve Porcelain Maker’s Marks — From Start to Finish’, or something along those lines.
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