Are there any good how to books on the highly detailed porcelain figurine process? The high end figurines that are assembled from a 100 pieces.
I have a fairly good understanding of the basics and was looking for more advanced information on sculptural works of Meissen quality.
The porcelain they used is referred to as paste hard or soft, vitrified and not vitrified. It seems the cone temperature can be cone 6 all the way to the highest end for hard paste. Does hard paste or soft paste diff
While waiting for a proper answer, you may be amused by these videos showing a little
of the process.
I would really love to know how they cast the inner 4 pieces of the 6-part mould shown at
about 1:54 in that video. [Especially how they did it without damaging a clay master.]
... the technical bit is from about 1:40 to 3:10
Regards, Peter