Wheel-thrown in terracotta clay, hand-painted with white slip and carved sgraffito decoration. Glazed internally in an auburn amber glaze, with the exterior left as bare terracotta. There is a pool of darker, thicker glaze on the lower side.

A genuinely useful platter — equally at home in daily use for serving food, fruit, or puddings, as it is displayed decoratively on a side table or hung on the wall.

Over time and use, some crazing may appear as fine crackles in the glaze.

My influences are broad — a cumulative love of the history of ceramics: 12th–17th century Persian painted pottery, Iznik Ottoman ceramics, Imari ware, Delft ware, 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.

Care: Handwash only.

Dimensions: 35cmW x 6cmH