Hand-carved Flowers on a Wheel-thrown Neriage Bowl

Hand Carved (Bas-Relief) Flowers on an Apricot Colored Porcelain Neriage Bowl
Measures:
4" wide x 1-7/8" high. 

Holds approximately 2/3 cup of liquid (5.33 ounces)

There are two small bubbles under the clay on the inside, in the orange area, so I have reduced the price of this bowl.

OUTSIDE:
Apricot and white neriage swirls glazed with a lead-free, dinnerware safe glossy clear. Apricot is more pronounced at the top, and the white is more pronounced at the bottom.
Eight flowers are carved into the surface of the apricot clay.

INSIDE:
Apricot and white neriage swirls glazed with a lead-free, dinnerware safe glossy clear. Apricot is more pronounced at the inside top, and the white is more pronounced at the bottom.
Bottom inside swirl is subtly visible.

Glazed with dinnerware safe glazes.
Standard 365 Porcelain Clay.
Fired to Cone 6 (2232 degrees F.)
Dishwasher, microwave safe
Because of the delicate hand carving, it is best to hand wash this bowl.

How it’s Made

This bowl was created on the potter's wheel utilizing the neriage technique of colored porcelain. I color my own Standard 365 Porcelain Clay with Mason Stains.

In this particular piece, a white porcelain clay was placed on the potter's wheel with the addition of an apricot colored porcelain on top of the white. As the wheel spins, and the sides of the bowl are compressed and pulled up at the same time, it creates a swirling effect, where the two colors merge. This effect is especially noticeable where the apricot wraps around the bowl in the white area. The bowl was allowed to rest for a couple of days under a plastic. When the porcelain clay reached leather hard stage (clay is still moist, but not wet), eight equal parts were measured around the circumference to accommodate eight flowers. Each flower was hand-carved using rather simple carving tools. Petals were carved in bas-relief (low relief).

After the initial (bisque firing) the bowl was glaze fired to Cone 6 (2232ºF).