Frangipani dish - stoneware paperclay

This 4-lobed dish is based on a common motif in Pacific art: the stylised frangipani flower. It's made from stoneware paperclay, glazed on the inside, with brushed-back oxide on the outside of one, bronze manganese-based glaze on the other; and fired to 1220 degrees Celsius.

These dishes look good wall-hung in a group to form patterns, and are useful for serving different foods together without the foods mixing.

One I made cracked in the glaze firing - I think the clay slab was rolled out too thinly, but the slightly thicker slabs were fine.