Porcelain is very strong and therefor can be made extremely thin. Even such that is becomes quite translucent. So, I had to experiment with this in combination with LEDs. Making a (actually many) mold in a funnel shape with a hole at the bottom allowed to experiment with different thicknesses and multiple layers. You simply fill the mold with castable porcelain and wait approximate 10 seconds and let the access porcelain pour out again. The layer thickness that remains in the funnel is depending on the time you let the porcelain dry.
![porcelain shades 014](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-014-529x705.jpg)
thin translucent multilayer porcelain on
![porcelain shades 013](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-013-529x705.jpg)
thin translucent multilayer porcelain off
![20160513_155150](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20160513_155150-e1520776355433-397x705.jpg)
showing many trials during an exhibition
![porcelain shades 001](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-001-705x529.jpg)
thin translucent multilayer porcelain
![porcelain shades 002](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-002-705x529.jpg)
bunch thin translucent multilayer porcelain
![porcelain shades 003](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-003-705x529.jpg)
thin translucent multilayer porcelain
![porcelain shades 004](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-004-705x529.jpg)
with external LED
![porcelain shades 005](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-005-705x529.jpg)
showing light effect
![porcelain shades 006](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-006-529x705.jpg)
porcelain and pitfire
![porcelain shades 007](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-007-529x705.jpg)
porcelain and pitfire with thin stand
![porcelain shades 008](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-008-529x705.jpg)
porcelain and blue LED
![porcelain shades 009](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-009-529x705.jpg)
with a dip in blue porcelain
![porcelain shades 010](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-010-529x705.jpg)
some structure added
![porcelain shades 012](https://tombergman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/porcelain-shades-012-529x705.jpg)
small