A bigger plate with a bigger flanged rim just screams out for MORE STAMPING!!! One handmade stamp pressed into the clay one by one… by one… by one…

A smaller side plate with concentric circles…
and a perimeter of stamped impressions!

This week in two of my pottery classes I demo’d how to make plates… and then after class I “just had to” do a little stamping in my studio! I mean… how could I possibly leave them plain?!!!

You know how I love a good holiday… especially when it’s National Deep Dish Pizza Day!!! So I felt somewhat “obligated” to celebrate with a slice for dinner before class tonight!!! I mean, if I must…

Looks like Tracy is all decked-out for the Easter Bunny already… with her new green basket-bowl & cobalt blue sgraffito platter framing the colorful & “egg-citing” festivities!!!

A little fun with glaze… before & after! Loving how the green glaze pools & breaks really well on the hand-stamped texture & concentric circles!

A beautiful swirl of marbled clay! A small dessert plate by one of my students who has been playing with marbled colored clays! Nice swirl Katie!

Did a little quick stamping on this platter tonight. Kinda minimal… not the full blown stamped flange. This platter has a gentle, smooth curve all the way through. So I decided to do a single “simple” border pattern around the rim. Kinda hoping that when it gets glazed, maybe some of the glaze will run and create some cool rivulets coming down from each stamped points?!

Birthday cake never looked so good! Sure, I might be extra hungry after my long hike today… but these photos of Rosene’s chocolate birthday cake sure look scrumptious! Yummy chocolate frosting on a stamped & soda-fired plate! Although methinks she might need a larger platter… and just asking, but where are the birthday candles?!!!

Just a quick reminder that the Chicago Public Art Group “A TIME TO UNITE” Fundraiser is still going on! The Silent Auction ends tomorrow 3/4/21 at 12:00pm CST. My stamped plate is part of the fundraiser… so click here if you want to support Chicago’s public art AND get a pretty sweet plate at the same time! – https://chicagopublicartgroup.betterworld.org/auctions/time-unite/items/gary-jackson