{"product_id":"a-hand-drawn-sand-dollar-sgraffito-plate","title":"A Hand-drawn Sand Dollar Sgraffito Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis's Wheel-thrown and Hand Drawn and Carved \"Sand Dollar\" Sgraffito Plate on Titanium Yellow Colored Porcelain\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasures\u003c\/strong\u003e: 5\" wide x 3\/8\" high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppetizer, dessert or single cupcake plate.\u003cbr\u003eCan also be used as catch-all or jewelry plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTitanium yellow colored porcelain wheel-thrown plate with a band of sgraffito sand dollars carved into black underglaze.\u003cbr\u003eSand dollars were created utilizing the sgraffito technique.\u003cbr\u003eRim of the plate is glossy black and is slightly raised.\u003cbr\u003eFood safe, lead-free clear glaze applied to inside and outside.\u003cbr\u003eFootring formed on the potter's wheel, and ground smooth using a \u003cbr\u003ediamond sanding disk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Please refer to \u003cstrong\u003e\"How It's Made\"\u003c\/strong\u003e section by scrolling down).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWheel thrown and hand glazed by Dennis.\u003cbr\u003eColored Standard 365 Porcelain Clay.\u003cbr\u003eGlazed with dinnerware safe, lead free glazes\u003cbr\u003eDishwasher, microwave and oven safe.\u003cbr\u003eKiln fired to cone 6 \u003cem\u003e(2232 degrees Fahrenheit)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDennis's initials with happy face carved on the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow It's Made\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate was created on the potter's wheel using colored porcelain clay, and a carving technique called \u003cstrong\u003esgraffito\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSgraffito \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Italian word meaning - \"\u003cem\u003eto scratch\"\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eA layer of slip \u003cem\u003e(wet clay), or underglaze\u003c\/em\u003e is applied to the surface of the pottery, while the vessel is leather hard. \u003cem\u003e(not wet and not yet bone dry).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003eWhen creating a sgraffito piece of pottery, the design is not flush to the surface. \u003cbr\u003eThe colored slip is slightly raised, and the etched design does not get filled in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll of our pottery is wheel-thrown and\/or handbuilt in our North Carolina home studio.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you'd like to know when new pottery is going to be uploaded to our online store, please scroll to the bottom of our \u003ca title=\"e-mail sign-up\" href=\"https:\/\/tromppottery.com\"\u003emain page\u003c\/a\u003e to fill in your e-mail address.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tromppottery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43940732764196,"sku":"DTSgraffitoPlate007","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4481\/7188\/files\/SandDollarPlate_363e1089-4390-44ed-acbd-03edfc52473c.png?v=1775165245","url":"https:\/\/tromppottery.com\/products\/a-hand-drawn-sand-dollar-sgraffito-plate","provider":"Tromppottery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}