More from August - Plates!

Set of 4 Grey Dinner Plates
Red/white clay mix; white and clear glaze; 9.5" diameter
After I learned how to make plates and did a few random ones for practice, I decided I wanted to make a set. Sets are hard!!! Each of these started off with 6 pounds of clay (which is a lot. a typical mug would be 1 or 1.5 lbs.) I think they are fairly good for a first try at sets (nearly the same diameter, nearly the same height and thickness.) I wanted some of the texture and color of the clay to show through, so I thinned out some white glaze and did a first layer, then took some regular white glaze and did the designs on the rim with a small brush. Afterwards I put a layer of clear on the whole thing. I was hoping that more of the red (rather than grey) of the clay would show through, but not too bad for a first attempt. I also noticed that on the undersides where I trimmed the pieces and had only coated clear glaze there was a REALLY cool swirl/mix effect from when I combined the 3 lbs red with 3 lbs white... so now i'm thinking I might try that again and only use clear glaze. Anyway, now I have a set of dinner plates!