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"Keeper of Flame" Porcelain Bearded Dragon

Joseph Chiarello sculpts his lifelike porcelain bearded dragon from clay.

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15. Place the dragon on a turntable. Paint the dragon using various colors of pigments mixed with slip. Apply a base coat of gold yellow and add details as desired.

16. Apply clear glaze to eyes and eyeballs and wherever else desired for a shiny appearance after firing.

17. Glaze-fire the dragon in the kiln to cone 05 (about 2167 degrees). Remove from the kiln when cool.



"Keeper of Flame" Porcelain Bearded Dragon

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Joseph Chiarello


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