Each plate is grinded manually: rough spots are being scraped with a special knife.
The Blueprint fan animation for article about collab Half Kulachek
Cutting the porcelain bars into pieces. Each piece will become a plate
The small irregularities are washed off with a rubber sponge. After that, the dishes head to the first firing.
The painted plates are firstly dipped into the hot paraffin, and then into the glaze.
The cobalt oxide solution is actually gray. It turns cobalt blue only after firing.
The artisan painter accurately draws the pattern with a squirrel brush.
Porcelain gradually solidifies and excess moisture is absorbed into the plaster mold