Plates offer a flatter, often larger, image surface than bowls, without the problem of a centre concavity into which runny glazes might run.
I experimented with many different methods of applying various colours and types of glazes: brushing, spraying, pouring over the plate’s surface.
The freedom of the process was difficult to control, so there were many failures, but the successes produced abstract or semi-abstract images that could be quite interesting. Many reminded me of Hubble Telescope images of the cosmos.
cosmic gate, 2001, stoneware plate, 40 cm d, multi poured glazes, ∆10.
cosmic red eye, 2001, stoneware plate, 42 cm d, multi poured glazes, ∆10.
winter trees, 2001, stoneware plate, 39 cm d, multi poured glazes over black, ∆10.
two blue sky, red hill, 2001, stoneware plate, 40 cm d, multi poured glazes over black, ∆10.
cosmic gold, 2001, stoneware plate, 40 cm d, multi poured glazes, ∆10.
cosmic red cloud, 2001, stoneware plate, 37 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
snow and trees, 2001, stoneware plate, 39 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
red fog, pink cloud, 2001, stoneware plate, 40 cm d, glaze pours, ∆10.
cosmic aurora, 2001, stoneware plate, 37 cm d, multi glaze pours, ∆10.
gold hill, 2001, stoneware plate, 39 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
snow on red ground, 2001, stoneware plate, 38 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
gold ground shake, 2001, stoneware plate, 38 cm d, multi glazes, ∆10.
night sky, 2001, stoneware plate, 36 cm d, multi glazes poured and trailed, ∆10.
stormy sky, 2001, stoneware plate, 38 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
mauve ground shake, 2001, stoneware plate, 41 cm d, multi glazes, ∆10.
trees in night sky, 2001, stoneware plate, 36 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
crackle sky, 2001, stoneware plate, 38 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
white trees on red, 2001, stoneware plate, 38 cm d, glaze pours, trailed lines, ∆10.
