Small plate hand painted with red cherry blossoms. Doubles well as a sushi plate, tapas plate, or dessert plate.
Details:
~ Apx. 5.25 inches round and about half inch tall.
~ Clear glaze inside / bottom and outside sides are sanded silky smooth.
~ Food, dishwasher, and microwave safe
~ Porcelain clay
My process:
Small plates! I love these plates because I can use them for everything in the house. I use them to warm stuff in the oven, for butter when entertaining and for serving dessert.
I make these from a slab and them press them into foam using a round wooden form to get the shape. I carefully move them from the foam to a drywall drying board, then when leather hard, I trim the and round the sides. Once the plate is bone dry, I sponge it clean inside and out then paint cherry blossoms on the inside and bottom side of the plate. Then it goes into the kiln for its first firing. A clear glaze finishes the plate on the inside. Then back in the kiln it goes. When it comes out, the bottom and outside side of the plate are sanded smooth using 400, 800, and 1500 grit diamond pad sandpaper for a super silky finish. Made from high fire grolleg porcelain and fired in an electric oxidation kiln.