What is bisque, and what is the difference between blank and painted bisque?
Bisque is made from porcelain greenware. Porcelain greenware is produced by pouring a slurry of porcelain material called slip into an artist’s mold, resulting in soft greenware body parts for a doll. The greenware parts are cleaned and smoothed before being fired in a high temperature kiln that hardens the greenware into porcelain bisque. At this point, it is blank porcelain bisque, ready for china painting by customers who wish to complete the china painting process themselves, or for us to offer as painted bisque. Our painted bisque is completely painted, including the hands, feet and shoulder or breast plate, depending on the doll. Painted heads require at least three separate paint firings to achieve a natural look. Both blank and painted bisque sets come with a body pattern, and most have assembly instructions. [Back To Top] • What is included in the assembly kit? The basic assembly kit will include the wig, eyes, lashes, pate and shoulder plate connector. Some dolls, such as a n
