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craftsmanship. Each piece is made with fine-grain white porcelain and each piece is handled
with care. Since the dinnerware stacks uniformly, the dinnerware looks carefully considered on
the shelf. Each item in the dinnerware series is ram pressed for consistency from plate to plate.
Saving time by ram pressing, opens an opportunity to focus on not only the glazing process, but
to create other one-of-a-kind items both on and off of the wheel.
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La Loca Chica Pottery can be exchanged for LLCP from this
pointforward.
What La Loca Chica Pottery can offer that other large imported wares cannot, is the handmade
and the personal. A Clients specific needs can be met through commemorative dinnerware
(naming and dating) or personal designing. Dealing with the artist and a small business helps to
make the customer feel special and cared for.
Production
Everything at La Loca Chica Pottery will be produced internally except for the ram-pressed
dinnerware itself. Ram-pressing is simply the process of squeezing clay between a two-part
mold. The molds are set on a hydraulic press, clay is put between the mold, and a vacuum
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