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Dennis's Handmade, Wheel-thrown Small Trinket / Ring Bowl Adorned with Colorful Sea Shells Measures:

4-1/4" wide x 1" high.

Hand colored porcelain agateware sea shells adorn the rim circumference of this small trinket bowl.

The bowl itself was wheel-thrown by Dennis on the potter's wheel, and trimmed to form a footring on the bottom.
Swirl is visible on the inside bottom.
The bowl is an ivory colored porcelain, with the colorful sea shells set on the rim.

The sea shells are attached to the bowl using slip (wet porcelain clay), and are fired with the bowl in the kiln.
These sea shells are NOT hot glued on; they are actually attached to the bowl while it is still in its raw state (greenware).

OUTSIDE:
Bowl is glazed with a transparent light blue celadon glaze.

INSIDE:
is glazed with a light blue, speckled glaze, that exposes the swirl on the inside bottom.

Wheel thrown and hand glazed by Dennis.

Colored Standard 365 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

Dennis's Handmade Small Trinket Bowl was wheel-thrown on the potter's wheel.

Each sea shell was made by twisting two separate colored porcelain clay coils. This process creates a marbled effect, called agateware, which mimics agate stone.
Dennis pressed the clay into a resin sea shell mold to form each shell.

The colorful sea shells were then placed on the rim using porcelain slip (wet clay) and pressing the shells to set firmly. 

After the initial bisque fire (1945ºF), the bowl is glazed with a dinnerware safe, lead free glaze(s), and re-fired to Cone 6 (2232ºF).