Assignment 1- The Meal

For this assignment I was inspired by Courtney Murphy's work. I love the imperfect shapes of her pieces, as well as the simplicity in color scheme and organic designs.

I intend for my dinner plates to be a sort of oval/ bean shape, salad plates to be rounded triangles, and small dessert plates to be rounded squares. I like how Courtney's bowl (above) has sort of a cylindrical shape rather than a typical rounded bowl, so I'd like to do something similar with the shape of mine, and an elongated, slimmer version of that for the tumblers. The serving plates, I'm thinking should each be similar to the dinner, salad and dessert plates, and possibly with handles. I'd like to keep all of these dishes the natural white color of the clay, with a clear glaze. I will do design work in light colored slips and underglazes, including the insides of the bowls and tumblers, and outer rims of the other dishes. Probably a peach color for that. Overall, I want my pieces to be simple enough not to distract from the food, yet interesting enough to draw some attention and add an extra element to the meal.