Stacking poppy bowl trio

Description

I'm really happy with these cheerful little poppy flower head bowls.
These three loosely fit inside each other and look great displayed that way or side by side. Each one would make an elegant holder for a little tea light or votive candle. They can also be used in the bedroom, bathroom or kitchen to keep jewellery or other little things safe. The texture and color inside them are so pretty that you might want to keep them empty as they look great on their own for decoration.
They were formed by hand, by me, from a single piece of clay, and are not made using a mold or a potters wheel, so each one is unique. The delicate shapes are given strength by my use of a very strong, textured, white clay, which I fired to stoneware temperature. The largest and smallest ones are glazed with a deep pink-red shiny glaze with darker accents in the textured bottom. I left the outside unglazed to create contrast and let the natural beauty of the creamy clay shine through. The medium sized one has pink glaze in some of the texture, and is otherwise unglazed to contrast with the other two.

The largest piece measures approx 4 x 4 x (height) 1.75 inches
(10 x 10 x 4.5cm)

Added on Nov 29, 2009