Wheel-thrown in speckled stoneware, altered into an oval and joined to a hand-rolled slab base. Pulled handles, hand-painted with porcelain slip and underglaze slip decoration, glaze-fired to 1250°C, then overpainted with 24-carat gold lustre and fired once more at 780°C.

A versatile dish, great for serving food, displaying flowers or baking in the oven.

Care note: stoneware can be heated to very high temperatures but does not like thermal shock, e.g. going from fridge to oven, or from oven to cold water.

My influences are broad: essentially a cumulative love of the history of ceramics. 12th-17th century Persian painted pottery, Iznik Ottoman ceramics, Imari ware, Delft ware, and the forms and traditions of British studio and medieval pottery. A magpie's hoard. What connects them, I think, is a love of the handmade mark: the evidence that someone, somewhere, made something alive with their hands.

Every piece is unique and will carry small imperfections. The iron in the clay can leave the surface rough in parts, and there may be some crazing (fine crackle glaze) dotted around.

Care: hand wash only.

Dimensions: 35cm W x 12cm H x 23cmD