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Fossil Plate

For this plate form I threw clay onto the slab roller canvas in bits leaving gaps, then rolled it between the canvas to join all the bits together...I imprinted a gum leaf twiggy branch into it after that. Once bisque fired I coated the piece in a wash of copper oxide, then splashed clear glaze over parts of it to give it a more fossil/opalized look. It was fired in an electric kiln to earthenware temp.

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Uploaded on July 29, 2010
Taken on September 29, 2004