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The Making of an EJS Bowl
The Making of an EJS Bowl
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1. Lithographs are printed
Firstly, the lithographs are produced. Twelve separate layers of colour are printed individually onto a special paper, using a silkscreen printing method.
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2. Clay filtered and extruded
Then, at our fine china factory, the bone china clay is filtered and extruded to create rolls of clay, ready to be added to the moulds.
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3. Moulding
The extruded clay is added to moulds to create the bowl’s shape.
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4. Biscuit firing - 1240°c
In this first firing, residual moisture, crystalline-bound water as well as organic components are dissolved and burned from this dried blank. Through this the moulded blank hardens and changes to a stable condition as a fired body.
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5. Vibro
The biscuit fired bowls are added to the Vibro machine to clean and polish the ware before glazing (demonstrated with the mugs here).
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6. Glazing
A liquid glaze is added to each bowl using a conveyor belt. Taking the bowl through the pink liquid glaze and onwards to a heated chamber to dry.
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7. Foot-wiping
Each bowl is foot-wiped to avoid them sticking to the kiln batts during glost firing.
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8. Glost firing - 1085°c
During the glost firing (also known as the glaze firing or second firing) process, the glaze melts on the fired body and forms a vitreous, glass-like surface.
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9. Lithographs applied
The lithographs are dipped in water which lifts the design from the backing and these are then slid onto the bowl and positioned with the help of a sponge.
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10. Final firing - 850°c
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11. Quality control and packaging