Pink and Gray Neriage Bowl with Pink Hand-Drawn and Glazed Quartered Roses.

This Small Wheel-thrown Ceramic Porcelain Bowl with Underglaze Quartered Rose Flower Design Measures:

3-5/8" wide x 1-3/4" high.
Holds approximately 1/2 cup, or 4 ounces.

Wheel-thrown neriage colored porcelain.
Neriage is a wheel-thrown technique utilizing at least two different colors of porcelain clay.
The two colors are placed on the potter's wheel.
As the wheel spins, and the sides are pulled up, the two colors spiral together forming bands around the pottery vessel. This technique is more noticeable when using colors of high contrast.

Quartered Rose blooms are characterized by tightly packed petals that form a cup-like shape with a scalloped edge. The petals give the impression that the flower has been divided into four equal quarters.

OUTSIDE: 
Pink and gray neriage technique is very visible, especially where the pink wraps around the gray at the middle.
Hand drawn and glazed quartered roses around the circumference of this bowl.

INSIDE:
Tiny flecks of pink and cream color at the rim down to approximately 1/4" from the rim.
Glossy pale pink / apricot / white inside the bowl, below the flecks.
Swirl on inside bottom is clearly visible.

RIM:
Neriage pink and gray share the rim with a glossy clear glaze.

Standard 365 Porcelain Clay.
Glazed with lead-free, dinnerware safe glazes.
Fired to Cone 6 (2232 degrees Fahrenheit).
Dishwasher, microwave safe
My signature engraved on the bottom.
I will always suggest hand washing handmade pottery.

How It's Made

This small bowl was wheel-thrown on the potter's wheel utilizing the neriage technique. Two colors of colored porcelain used - pink and dark gray.
After the initial bisque firing (Cone 04 1945º Fahrenheit), pink quartered roses were hand-drawn and rubber latex applied to the lines, using a glaze applicator with small tip to form the petals.
These petals were glazed with three coats of underglaze.
The rubber latex was peeled off after the underglaze dried,
and 3 thin coats of lead-free, food safe clear applied over the entire outside surface.

All of our handmade pottery is crafted in our North Carolina home studio.