I have a commission for a large platter that has sunflowers and lemons on it. I wasn't really sure how I was going to go about it, but ultimately decided on trying mishima. There isn't a specific deadline for it so I've been taking my time.




As I was prepping to do this I decided to do some practice plates as well. Once the clay was leather hard I added a coat of wax - that's the purple tinge you see. It will burn off in the firing. Once the wax is dry you can carve through it.




I decided to just to black underglaze on all of these.




You have to wait until its dried a little bit before you wipe back. It's important to always wipe with a clean sponge.




This is the commission platter with the sunflowers and lemons. I'm really happy with how it's coming out.




The plates will now just dry normally until I bisque fire them.