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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nGuess what, I took another new skill workshop. It is so fantastic to learn new stuff that I just can’t resist. I have made little bit of pottery when I was younger. I didn’t really feel it my thing, even though the Brittish Pottery Throwdown has been quite intriguing. Something clicked on my head when I saw advert about paper porcelain lantern-workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought that this paper porcellain sounds kind of my thing. I didn’t really know what to expect though, atleast not that it literally has paper in it. But that’s what it is, porcelain clay with paper pulp. Firstly you have porcelain clay turned into porcelain slip by adding water, then you add paper pulp and stir well. Paper pulp is easy to make of toilet paper by ripping and soaking in water. You can add paper pulp about 30-70% of the amount of slip. The more paper you add, the more difficult to control, thinner and more fragile the porcelain is going to be. In the kiln the paper burns away and only porcelain is left, very thin, see-through porcelain that is. Doesn’t that sound awesome! I think so too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When porcelain clay and paper pulp have been mixed into smooth porridge-like substance, it is poured and spread ontop large plaster plate, as square as possible. Then plaster’s allowed to absorb moisture for awhile. When the clay-paper porridge is starting to look matte on surface, it is smoothed with straight piece of metal to remove any air and excess water and to turn it into thin sheet of porcelain. This is done several times over to all directions. With the same piece of metal the sheet is gently separated from the plaster plate and then carefully lifted up. Now it’s possible to create shapes of it. Easiest seemed to be little square jar, which was created ontop plywood board by cutting porcelain sheet into evenly shaped cross and then by gluing the edges together with slip. Cylinder shaped jar was much more difficult to make. Bag shaped jar was somewhere between square and cylinder shapes in the difficulty scale. So using paper porcelain is similar to paper crafting. Threedimentional shapes are created from flat sheet by cutting and “glueing”. You can also create all sorts of delicate porcelain decorations with silicone molds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can create colourfull patterns to paper porcelain with coloured clay slips. First you paint the pattern on the plaster plate and then spread the paper porcelain ontop. Pattern is transferred to the porcelain sheet because it doesn’t stick to the plaster. I tried this technique too. It’s not possible to create hole patterns on paper porcelain, because it will loose structural support and probably will collapse in the kiln. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how did they turn out? Pretty well. Everything except two decorations came out of the kiln just fine. Those two had chipped at some point. Also small domes I made for hanging mobile turned out fine and didn’t turn flat in the kiln. All and all, I am really happy about the results and I definitely want to do this again. I will tell more about the hanging mobile later when I get it finished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Arvatkaas mit\u00e4, k\u00e4vin taas uudella kurssilla. On niin \u00e4lytt\u00f6m\u00e4n kivaa opetella uusia tekniikoita, ett\u00e4 en voinut vastustaa. Jonkin verran olen kokeillut savit\u00f6it\u00e4 nuorempana. En mit\u00e4\u00e4n isoa kipin\u00e4\u00e4 siit\u00e4 saanut, vaikka kielt\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00e4 Suuri keramiikkakisa onkin saanut uteliaisuuden nostamaan p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4\u00e4n. Jokin kumminkin kilahti p\u00e4\u00e4ss\u00e4 kun kansanopisto mainosti paperiposliinilyhtyjen viikonloppukurssia. Ajattelin ett\u00e4 no nyt kuulostaa ihan meik\u00e4l\u00e4isen jutulta…. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
Paper porcelain workstation: plaster plate for making and decorating the porcelain, thin metal plate for smoothing the porcelain sheet, plywood boards for working on the porcelain, coloured clay slips for decorating, spoons to stir the slips, surgical knife for cutting the porcelain sheet. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
Grayish porcelain clay turns whiten when it dries. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini3.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
Paper porcelain items I made, waiting for kiln. Round flat things are going to be a hanging mobile, if they don’t get ruined in the kiln. Against all instructions I made a hole on them for hanging. Because I just want to test things. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini4.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
Finished paper porcelain lanterns are letting the light come through, the better the thinner they are. You can make them thinner by adding more paper pulp or allowing them to dry shorter time ontop of the plaster plate. Burn them only on fireproof surfaces or only with LED tealights. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini5.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
The surface of the lanterns is quite unfinished and looks little bit like handmade paper. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/paperiposliini6.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\")
With silicone molds you can me quite detailed decorations. Those with intricate details are made of quite wet paper porcelain and those with uneven surface are made with a bit more dry paper porcelain. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"