Dodder Terracotta Plate

Earthenware dish made by hand from a slab of terracotta clay. Shaped over a mould, cut and smoothed with a rubber kidney. A white and iron stained slip is then painted onto the surface in preparation for painting. Fired once when dry, painted by hand using stains and oxides and fired again to fix. The piece is then signed, waxed, and coated in a transparent glaze and placed back in the kiln for one final 1080 degree centigrade firing.