The 2012 Egg Exchange for ppio

Each year we have an egg exchange on ppio (porcelain painters international on line), and this is the top of the egg I have painted for my partner. At the time of posting this on my blog I don't know who my exchange partner will be, so there is an element of surprise coming up for me!
The egg is 3" long.

Side view of the egg

This is the side view of the egg. The blue band is torquoise velvet paint which has been ground laid. And the dots of course are enamel!

The Fegley Plate.

The other week a porcelain painting acquaintance came to visit us from America and did this demonstration for our club members.
I took the plate home and fired it; the following week I raffled it off within our club to see who would "win" it. I won. And it was all fair and above boards too!
It took me a few fires to put enough darks around the roses to make them stand out and to give the background more interest, and then a dark rim to close the design on the plate.
See the final results underneath this post!

The Jan Fegley Plate

This has had 4 more fires . . . . I tried to darken around the roses to show them up more, and give some interest to the foliage. The dark border stops the eye from shooting off the design and edge of the plate. What do you think?

Finally ! The urn is finished.

Finally, after all this time, the urn is finished and glued together.
I have loved doing it. (of course!)
The little flowers on the ground lay are made with "non-ping" which is similar to an enamel but adheres better. I applied gold metallic powder on each flower centre before they were fired, and this has given them a nice sheen when the light hits them. When you look closely you can see the maroon of the ground lay through the petals which give them added dimension.
The handles have mother of pearl on them to give them a nice shine and interest, and if you could see inside the neck of the urn there is mother of pearl there also.
Enjoy!

Back of the urn

Progress on the urn!

Well, the urn is finally finished. I am just waiting for my blog maker to get the glue out and attach the base to the body . Hopefully it will be by the beginning of next week so watch this space!