Carved Tree Mini Plates

5.25 inches in diameter

Right under 6 inches in diameter

Both plates are thrown with black stoneware purchased at Mud Slingers of Concord, NC

Glazed initially with Mediterranean Mist. Decided would rather use Antique iron, so washed off, but could not get it out of the carved grooves. That is the blue visible. The variety in the matt antique iron glaze gives the trees a mossy look. 

Trees were carved when leather hard

Jet black underglaze

White shop clay from Pottery Central

Amaco velvet underglaze purchased from Carolina Clay Connection in Charlotte, NC

Underglaze applied on greenware

Clear glaze

6.25 inches in diameter

White stoneware purchased at Mud Slingers

Amaco velvet underglaze applied on greenware

Forget-Me-Not flowers

10 inches in diameter; wall a little more than 1 inch high

For The Farmer's Market

Black stoneware

Glazed with Mediterranean Mist

Carved ribs on exterior

Stands 2.25 inches tall and 4.75 inches wide