Sunflower Cup

Description

Handmade using white or terracotta earthenware clay, decorated with coloured engobe slips and oxides and finished using a glossy glaze. For purely decorative pieces areas may be left unglazed and finished with a wax. I work in small batches mixing the colours as I go, therefore sets may vary slightly.

I rolled out a slab of clay, cut out the body and base using a card template and made the form. To decorate i masked off the petals and centre with paper and painted on the blue. The sunflower was painted with varying shades of yellow and the centre with pistachio green and maroon.

My inspiration was the joy that the lofty sunflower embodies.