A Black Walnut Slip Trailed, Anomala Peony Cylindrical Bowl

This Black Walnut Anomala Peony Bowl
Measures: 4” wide x 2-7/8” high. 

This cylindrical bowl is more subtle in color than most of my colored porcelain pottery. The raised slip trail design creates a nice texture that can be felt with fingertips.

The Paeonia anomala, or anomalous peony drawing, is slip trailed onto raw clay (greenware), using a wet clay (slip) through a syringe-type applicator.
After the initial bisque firing, Black Walnut satin matte glaze, was brushed over the texture. The glaze is more translucent over the high areas of the slip trail design, and tiny sparkly flecks are also visible on the high areas of the slip trail design.

BOWL OUTSIDE:
If you include the dark, satin matte rim, this bowl has five (5) distinct bands of patterns and colors.

The clay we used for this series of pots is manufactured by Sio-2.
Since we are colored porcelain clay ceramicists, we color our own porcelain clay.
However, this 33 pound, or 15 kg (three - 5 kg packages) of porcelain has been colored by Sio-2. 
This series utilizes Sio-2's Lagoon; a turquoise blue porcelain clay body. We HAD to give this beautiful color a go, especially when I kept thinking about the turquoise blue color - so beautiful!
All of the pieces in this series have this turquoise colored porcelain as our base color.
Here is a more detailed look at Sio-2 Turquoise Blue Porcelain Clay.

The first band up from the footring is, checks.
After the first firing (Cone 04; 1932 degrees Fahrenheit), a lot of very narrow tape was strategically adhered to the bisque pot, vertically and horizontally to form a checkered pattern. Checks alternate in color - white and pale yellow Satin Matte glazes.
Turquoise blue porcelain can be seen where the tape was.

The second band up from the footring, is also a taped design; a little more detailed design, utilizing checks and diamonds. The diamonds are Satin Matte white, with half diamonds of Satin Matte yellow bordering the white diamonds. Glossy red checks form an edge - top and bottom of the diamond design.
Turquoise porcelain is visible where the tape was.

The third band up, is the star of the show, and what most of my pots are about - 
the FLOWERS!
Although most of the flowers on my pottery are brightly glazed; these are very subtle. The raised texture created utilizing the slip adds definition to the subtle and dark color.

The fourth band up, is some more bright red, glossy taped checks. Turquoise Porcelain is visible where the tape was.

The fifth band up, is the rim, described below.

BOWL INSIDE:
The inside of this dahlia bowl is a glossy Sunbeam yellow, with Lagoon Porcelain swirls clearly visible on the inside bottom of the bowl.
At the inside rim, where the yellow glaze overlaps the Black Walnut rim, a band of dark orange and dark brown satin flecks and specks melting into the yellow glaze, dripping slightly.

RIM:
Satin Matte Black Walnut.

Wheel-thrown Sio-2 Lagoon Turquoise Blue Porcelain Clay.
Glazed with lead-free, dinnerware safe glazes.
Fired to Cone 6 (2232º Fahrenheit).
I recommend washing these hand crafted pieces by hand.
My signature is engraved on the bottom of the bowl.

All of our handmade pottery is either wheel-thrown or handbuilt in our North Carolina home studio.