Wheel-thrown Decorative Plate Adorned with Agateware Seashells. Ceramic Pottery

Dennis's Handmade, Wheel-thrown Sea Spray Plate Adorned with Agateware Seashells Measures:

5-1/2" wide x 5/8" high (includes seashell height).

Hand colored porcelain agateware sea shells adorn the rim circumference of this appetizer plate.

The plate was wheel-thrown by Dennis on the potter's wheel, and trimmed to form a footring on the bottom.
Swirl is visible in the center.
The plate is a titanium yellow (mustard) colored porcelain, with the colorful sea shells set on the rim.

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

TOP: 
Plate is glazed in the center with a semi-transparent Sea Spray greenish blue with tiny, subtle flecks in the glaze.
Agateware seashells are white, titanium yellow, light red and coral.

The seashells are glazed with a lead-free, dinnerware safe clear gloss.
(Please scroll down to read the "How It's Made" section).

BOTTOM:
Solid titanium yellow colored porcelain clay that we mix by hand.

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 to Cone 04 (1945ºF), the bowl is glazed with a dinnerware safe, lead free glaze(s), and high fired to Cone 6 (2232ºF).