Trying out the dresser

As it turns out, this dresser is looking quite good. I has a nice quiet presence.

Display construction

We decide to make a Scottish-style dresser in MDF. We had considered having a beautiful dresser made in Scottish oak, but we felt this might detract from the plates and cups, and they story that they are telling. It may be that an oak dresser will be required, but at least this dresser will act as a model for that one, in terms of getting the proportions and sizes correct.

Farmers Market Conversations plate fired!

The plate has come out great and the QR code works.

Decorating plate rims

This is where Christine starts to work her magic...

Slipped rims on current plates

The plates I have slipped today...

Farmers' Market Conversations plate

Christine and I have been working away, discussing ideas about how to get stories onto the small surface of a plate. Christine has been inspired by the pottery shards she and our daughter have picked up at our clay digs and on beaches, feeling that they have stories to tell, if only they could speak. See this post. This isn't so far fetched; archeologists draw pictures of human existence from fragments.

Plates to date

A selection of the plates to date. Pittormie, Clentrie (Puddledub), Pillars and Easter Kincaple (Seafield).

Clay drying

Plate making with Easter Kincaple clay

Making a plate

Testing a QR code on a plate