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Plates

Slumping, Humping, and Throwing Plates and Platters this week. 
There is nothing like eating off of handmade plates. I have a little collection going and love to serve dinner to my family and friends on all mismatched one of a kind pottery.
Below is my attempt at trying to make plates in different ways.
These are wreath forms from the dollar store I used the shape
to trace the circle then I slumped the clay in the center of the form


Platter Humped on a plaster form
added foot to platter to elevate it
ariel view of platter with skulls added
thrown plate on potters wheel
thrown plate on potters wheel
plates and platters drying
fruits of my labor

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