Plates in Colors

For this firing I had ten rectangular plates and made two of each glaze color; the plates are 9 x 5 inches. Previously I made only one of each glaze and folks wanted multiples. Although I did have someone order a set of these and the smaller plates all in different colors. I have more of these drying with a different clay, we shall see how the glazes turn out with that clay. This first one is blue green and gold.

This one is a sort of a plum rose red color. Even though these plates seem simple to make I always have to sand the edges of each one before the bisque, because sometimes there are burrs left since the pattern goes all the way to the edge. Oh, I got a little driplet of glaze on the bottom of one plate, what do you use to sand the bottoms of your pots?

This one is a shino and green. Interesting the other plate is all green and just a hint of the brown.

This one is kind of a smokey blue and bronze, which normally doesn't get that wine color, but this time it did and I think it's nice.

This one is a spring or lime green and has a more even color.

Even though each one of these plates is made individually, they stack nicely in the cabinet and work well for luncheon plates, appetizers, serving plates, or even a catch all on a dresser or counter top. I'm taking these to the farmer's market today, hope there's lots of people and it doesn't rain till the afternoon. One of my leaf dishes was in this Olive Green Treasury on Etsy and another one in this Pale In Green Treasury on Etsy. This post is part of Artists in Blogland show and tell Saturday. Thanks for reading and for all  your comments.

September Colors

Here's the first lidded canister I made. I fired the lid separately and it didn't warp. I have one more of these. I'd like to make a few of these in different sizes.

 Here's the first September leaf I saw the other day, the Autumn colors are slowly starting to turn.

 Here's the yellow tail fish platter. Once again the creamy translucent glaze didn't melt like I wanted. I need to go back to my old standby of satin clear glaze which does much butter. The good news is the platter didn't crack.

 Here's the nandina or heavenly bamboo in September, later the berries will turn bright red, but now they are a dusky melon orange. This landscape plant is called heavenly bamboo but it isn't a bamboo but a drought tolerant plant.

Same thing on this large floral platter the creamy translucent isn't melted enough, but I like how the slip and underglaze colors look when I rub them with my finger to make them look blended, like water colors. I don't know about those flowers, maybe a leaf or several going across one side of the platter on an angle. Hum.

Here are more September leaves of the sumac. Looking at all the changing leaves has me thinking of making an Autumn leaf platter, with some blended colors. Yes, I think that would be nice. Maybe some berries in there too. I'll have to do a few sketches.

I had a bunch of my vine textured rectangular plates in various colors in this firing. I have more to fire too; these sell really well. They're a versatile size and make great luncheon or appetizer or even small serving dishes.

Here are the berries of the sumac. I think that's it for this firing, oh there are a few smaller items. Hope you're enjoying the slightly cooler weather. Here's an Etsy treasury I did inspired by September colors.  It's only slightly cooler here, perhaps where you are it's much cooler. Thanks for reading and for all your comments..