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Porcelain Petals

Learn Porcelain.
From Scratch.

Chapter 1

What Is Porcelain?

The basics you need before touching clay

  • The Clay Family Tree
  • What Makes Porcelain Special
  • The Three Ingredients
  • Three Types of Porcelain
  • +6 more sections
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Chapter 2

Setting Up Your Space

What you actually need (and what you don't)

  • Four Ways In
  • The Essential Toolkit
  • Setting Up Your Workspace
  • Health and Safety
  • +6 more sections
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Chapter 3

Making Your First Pieces

From first pinch to first flower

  • Hand-Building (No Wheel Required)
  • Wheel Throwing (A Quick Overview)
  • Working with Porcelain (What Nobody Tells You)
  • Making Porcelain Flowers
  • +7 more sections
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Chapter 4

Fire and Finish

Turning raw clay into something permanent

  • The Two-Fire System
  • Kilns and Alternatives
  • Glazing Basics
  • Underglaze vs Overglaze
  • +8 more sections
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Chapter 5

Growing Your Practice

From beginner to confident potter

  • Common Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
  • Building a Practice Routine
  • Finding Classes and Community
  • Selling Your Work
  • +7 more sections
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Reference

Porcelain Glossary

Every term explained in plain language

  • Bat
  • Bisqueware
  • Bone-dry
  • Centering
  • Cone
  • +40 more terms
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Complete Beginner

“The chapter on cold porcelain flowers was exactly what I needed. I made my first rose that same weekend, right at my kitchen table.”

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Hobby Crafter

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Retired Teacher