Dennis's Blue Porcelain Wheel- thrown, Sand Dollar Sgraffito Plate.

Dennis's Wheel-thrown and Hand Drawn "Triple Sand Dollar" Sgraffito Plate Measures:

4-7/8" wide x 5/16" high.

This Triple Sand Dollar sgraffito plate can be used as a catch all plate, trinket plate, watch plate, or you can use it to serve a small dessert, such as chocolate covered strawberries. 

A decorative, functional plate.

Wheel-thrown by Dennis using Sio-2 Lagoon Turquoise Blue Porcelain Clay.
The center consists of three sgraffito sand dollars, carved into a straw yellow underglaze.

The sand dollars are subtle, as they are turquoise blue lines against a straw yellow background.

A red band of hand etched polka dots wrap around the straw yellow circle.

A clear, food safe glaze has been applied to the entire surface.

(Please refer to "How It's Made" section by scrolling down).

Wheel thrown and hand glazed by Dennis.
Sio-2 Lagoon Turquoise Blue Porcelain Clay.
Glazed with dinnerware safe, lead free glazes
Dishwasher, microwave and oven safe.
Kiln fired to cone 6 (2232 degrees Fahrenheit)
Dennis's initials with happy face carved on the bottom.

How It's Made

This plate was created on the potter's wheel using Sio-2 Lagoon Turquoise Blue Porcelain and a carving technique called sgraffito.

Sgraffito is an Italian word meaning - "to scratch".
A layer of slip (wet clay) is applied to the surface of the pottery, while the vessel is leather hard. (not wet and not yet bone dry).
A design is carved into the wet slip using a metal ball tool. This etching reveals the colored porcelain clay underneath the colored slip, that the pottery is wheel-thrown or hand built with. 
When creating a sgraffito piece of pottery, the design is not flush to the surface.
The colored slip is slightly raised, and the etched design does not get filled in.
The lead free, dinnerware safe clear glaze on top of the etched design, creates a smooth, shiny surface.

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