This is me proving to Moriah that I had, indeed, created something as wide as she had instructed. The platter was wet, still on the wheel.
This is what the pot looked like with glaze drying onto it after it had been bisque-fired. One more trip through the kiln for a few hours and it ended up looking like:
The veggies didn't come from the studio - I had to add those myself. The lettuce actually makes the platter look a lot smaller than it does in real life, too. I tell you, compared to most things I've made: this thing is huge.
This platter has also taught me a very powerful lesson. It turns out that things that have large, flat bottoms often sag down when they get heated up in the kiln. What used to be a perfectly flat bottom now sags down so far that the plate doesn't sit straight; it sort of rocks back and forth on the curved base.
If anyone has ideas on how I can sand down/flatten a fired ceramic platter, I'd greatly appreciate it!
