2015 April

And an Honorable Mention!

I also entered this set into the contest and it won an Honorable Mention. The coneflowers are created using sgraffito (“scratching”) through a coating of black slip over creamy white B mix clay. I used a satin clear glaze.

Contest Winner!

ClaySpace sponsored a 3-piece place setting contest for its members and students last week and I was thrilled to win First Place! The design challenge is adapting a theme to 3 completely different forms. I bumped out the plate rim to accommodate the elephant motif rather than make a row of little elephants…elephants aren’t little animals and I thought it would look silly! Since the elephant areas are not glazed, only finished with red iron oxide, I didn’t want to put elephants in the center of the plate. Surprisingly, food looks wonderful on black…it makes the colors of the food pop!