Description
Enamelled orange spotty small copper bowl. The bowl is about 7.5cm diameter and 1cm tall. I started by cutting a circle out of copper sheet. I hammered this into a shallow dish or bowl. Once I’d got the shape, I enamelled it using vitreous enamel and a kiln. The main colour is orange. For the final firing, I added a mixture of enamel colours and fired the bowl for longer. Firing for longer (overfiring) gives a darker rim and dark spots. I like the effect of overfiring. The mixture I think has mostly given white and blue shades spots.
This is a decorative dish so please don’t put it in the dishwasher because the enamel could chip or crack (I use vitreous enamel, which is effectively glass). The back of the bowl is enamelled in creamy white and does show some marks from how the bowl is held when it is in the kiln. Enamelling the back reduces how much the copper warps in the kiln. I’ve signed the back.
This enamelled orange spotty bowl is unique, I cannot reproduce the effect.
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