Divided we eat
Jul. 14th, 2018 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI don't know what it is about kids not wanting their food to touch. I know a lot of people's kids who have that flavor of fussy eating, and one of my customers seems to be encouraging the behavior in her grandkids.
Yep, divided, cafeteria-style plates, thrown and handbuilt from stoneware. They'll each get three pictures, too, one in each compartment.
They're incredibly tricky to make, as I have to catch them at just the right level of moisture to attach the dividers. Clay shrinks as it drys, and if the plate is too firm and the dividers moist, a crack will develop as they dry and pull apart. In the current hot spell, I threw them first thing in the morning. By just after lunch, they were firm enough to smooth in the dividers, and slow drying seems to have kept them from cracking so far. They're in the bisque kiln right now. Some time tomorrow evening I'll find out how many I have to work with for glazing.
These are not gonna become generally available. Way too much risk, way too much work.
Yep, divided, cafeteria-style plates, thrown and handbuilt from stoneware. They'll each get three pictures, too, one in each compartment.
They're incredibly tricky to make, as I have to catch them at just the right level of moisture to attach the dividers. Clay shrinks as it drys, and if the plate is too firm and the dividers moist, a crack will develop as they dry and pull apart. In the current hot spell, I threw them first thing in the morning. By just after lunch, they were firm enough to smooth in the dividers, and slow drying seems to have kept them from cracking so far. They're in the bisque kiln right now. Some time tomorrow evening I'll find out how many I have to work with for glazing.
These are not gonna become generally available. Way too much risk, way too much work.