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<p>[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 321210, member: 1067"]The clay used is heavily grogged, i.e. It has lots of ground up fired clay in it giving a rough textured surface. We call it crank clay here in uk. It might be a one off piece made as a solid sculpture, when clay is fired you have to hollow it out before firing which has happened here. Alternatively this might be a press moulded piece where you press clay into an existing mould and finish off by adding details to the surface. There usually wouldn't be a big run cast in this way. Press moulding is very different from a factory slip cast piece where liquid clay is poured into a plaster mould many times i.e. Doulton figurines. Sorry can't help with Sculptor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 321210, member: 1067"]The clay used is heavily grogged, i.e. It has lots of ground up fired clay in it giving a rough textured surface. We call it crank clay here in uk. It might be a one off piece made as a solid sculpture, when clay is fired you have to hollow it out before firing which has happened here. Alternatively this might be a press moulded piece where you press clay into an existing mould and finish off by adding details to the surface. There usually wouldn't be a big run cast in this way. Press moulding is very different from a factory slip cast piece where liquid clay is poured into a plaster mould many times i.e. Doulton figurines. Sorry can't help with Sculptor.[/QUOTE]
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