Porcelain Lily Pad Plate

Description

How lovely is this?!?!? I wanted to make something to use as a platform for my Tiny Treasures, and decided that a lily pad would be perfect- a nice texture, great color, and a practical rim.

Well, now I'm thinking that the lily pad stands on its own just fine- what a nice plate for your lunchtime sandwich, or for dessert, or for serving a special piece of cheese.

The plate is hand built of porcelain and is about 5 inches in diameter. I carefully pinched my way around the rim to imitate the structure of a lily pad. Then I spotted a peach pit that I had been saving because of its great texture, and that became the perfect tool to create a textural spiral around the inside of the plate.

I glazed the interior in several shades of turquoise, chartreuse, leafy green and pale aqua, and colored the outer edge with a peachy-pink and lemon yellow. A pearly white glaze over all gives the piece a nice satiny finish.

If you'd like a set of these, just contact me and I'll get right on it for you, and make as many as you'd like!

The last two photos show the lily pad with one of my Tiny Treasures, which are listed separately.

My studio overlooks my large perennial and annual garden, and the botanical influence is strong in my work. The color is painted with underglaze colors and fired to over 2200º F in one of my electric kilns.

My work has been shown at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, and is in the Corning Glassworks Executive Club collection, as well as in private collections across the country and abroad.

If you would like to use a check for payment, contact me, and we'll work it out.

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Added on Sep 20, 2009