Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Mother's Day again!

Mother's Day is right around the corner -May 12th- and I have been planning the plate for this year's celebration.

Every year we have a family party, and I have been trying to include all the handmade ceramics that I have collected over the years. I have wonderful plates by Mark Shapiro, Richard Aerni, Linda Christianson, Ayumi Horie, Aysah Peltz, Todd Walhstrom, Jody Johnstone, Paul Heroux, Sam Taylor, Scott Goldberg, Bernadette Curran, and others....but I have a nice, big Irish family. We had no dessert plates - a total necessity! So back in 2009 I started making dessert plates, and everyone gets to take home their dirty, sticky plate...I wrote about it here.

I have been working on this year's plate, using the same size and glazes every year, varying the form and the decoration. This year the plates are square, formed on a hump mold, with a foot ring added.


When rolling the coil for the foot ring I mark the lenght in inches on my table...time saver!


On my template I mark the pounds I need for the slab, and that length for the coil footring.




I have finished the glazing, and just added the decals...soon, soon, soon!