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Our soap dishes are made from slip cast porcelain which creates a durable and elegant finish. The slip - the consistency of custard - is poured into a plaster mould. There is a skill to finding the perfect moment to remove the clay. Too early and the clay will be wet and not yet “memorised” the shape of the mould. Too late and the mould will have absorbed too much water from the slip.
The dish is stamped and any rough edges with a damp sponge. A light touch is needed - enthusiastic handling can easily leave dimples and marks. The dish is then left to fully before firing. During dry sunny weather, this might take only a day or so but in damp conditions, we might leave for up to a week.
Finally, the kiln can be loaded and the dishes fired. The beauty of porcelain is that it needs only a single firing and can be left unglazed so that natural matt finish can be exposed.
Although each dish is produced from the same mould, these are not carbon copies; there are infinitesimal differences as each dish is individually handled so that each dish is truly unique.
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