Enamelled pink decorative bowl or dish

£40.00

Decorative small dish or bowl, enamelled in pink, with dotty effect and colourful pieces. Handmade by Eleanor Rogerson Enamel and Copper

1 in stock

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Description

Enamelled pink decorative bowl or dish.  The bowl is about 11cm diameter and 1cm tall.  To make this bowl, I started with sheet copper.  I cut out a circle and then hammered it into a shallow bowl.  I enamelled the bowl in pink.  The pink was a bit boring (to me anyway!) so on the last firing I added millefiori pieces for some extra colour.  I also added a thin covering of a transparent pink enamel.  The transparent enamel has caused a blobby or spotty effect in the enamel.  I overfired the bowl too on the last firing – partly because I always like the effect, but also because the millefiori pieces need longer.  To finish the bowl, I filed the rim back to bright copper.

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 pink too and shows marks from how the bowl is held when it is in the kiln.  The back has dark patches because the first layer of enamel was a black liquid enamel layer.  Enamelling the back reduces how much the copper warps in the kiln.  I’ve signed the back.  One photo shows the back.

This enamelled pink decorative bowl is unique, I cannot reproduce the effect.

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