Figurines Sculpture Finesse

From the bone china collectibles of Royal Doulton, Royal Worcester, Coalport and Wedgwood to the secrets of clay sculpting – all explained right here in a fascinating insight into the world of prestige china manufacturers.

Have you ever wondered exactly what goes in to the making of a future antique?

Collectors will enjoy the stories behind the development of artwork. Developing artists will benefit from the free and educational information on how to sculpt. The Newsletter is an essential source of key information also.

VALUING YOUR WARES ....more

IDENTIFYING POTTERY MARKS ....more

CHINA PATTERN IDENTIFICATION ....more

HOW I BUILT THIS WEBSITE ....more

Your site is utterly brilliant, thanks for having it....

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I am thrilled to have found your incredible site....

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Peter: you are a very nice person, an admired master artist and an amazing wealth of knowledge....

As a sculptor for some 10 years, I have to say that I am in awe over your work....

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Thank you again for writing such a fantastic sculpting tutorials....

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found your website really really useful, also especially the....

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I was trying to find out more info and have been trawling your excellent website....

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Hi Peter, Had a look at your website which is very informative....

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mystery solved here too! Thank you thank you thank you!!!....

HOW I MADE MONEY FROM BITS & BOBS OF OLD CHINA .....more

t all began with my first sculpting website in 1997. I was asked for help by people who wanted to get going with their own ceramic sculpture, but lacked any knowledge of how to sculpt.

Many are now clay artists in their own right.

Collectors would also email me, fascinated by the sculpt & make process of the figurines they owned. Then came the china tableware collectors. People kept telling me they wanted to know, first hand, about the companies who made their pretty fine china wares.



My China Makers Guides (free online on this site) just snowballed from there. I am a china enthusiast too (note I didn't say 'expert'), and started to help people identify their heirlooms!

The thing which really made a difference was when I was lucky enough to come across Ken Evoy (my hero!) whose tools helped me get many thousands of hits per day to my little old site. What a revelation after years in the backwaters!

....All the information you will ever need about ceramic sculpting, pottery marks, figurines sculpture, china manufacturers and bone china making, all in one convenient place.

Just for you!

Enjoy!"



Peter Holland

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