Carved Porcelain Forms

Process-Carved Porcelain Apprenticeship

Paint slip on the wheel

Draw lines with dental pick

Carve away negative space

This is a simplified outline of the process I learned while studying with master carver Leslie Thompson. I met her at the Baltimore Craft Council show and was invited to come spend a week with her in her beautiful Southern California home. We slipped, carved and fired pots. See above for finished work.

Bisque, glaze then fire to cone 10

The River is Wide

Flower Rubbings