A handmade terracotta serving bowl, slab-built and hand-scratched with sgraffito florals, made in our workshop in Scotland. The making. Each bowl is hand-built from rustic terracotta clay using the slabbing technique — sheets of clay cut to shape and joined by hand, rather than thrown on a wheel. A double foot rim is added at the base so the piece can be glazed on both sides. The interior is finished with a reactive glaze that pools from chalky white into a soft light blue, then deepens into a graphite-black band around the rim. The exterior is painted with an ivory slip and decorated using sgraffito — florals and botanical motifs scratched into the slip with a fine tool so the warm terracotta shows through as linework — before a transparent glaze is applied and the bowl is kiln-fired. Each piece carries the maker’s logo. How it looks and feels. The interior moves between chalky white and light blue where the reactive glaze pools, then darkens to a graphite band at the rim. The exterior reads as drawn rather than printed — soft greens and blues laid against the warm terracotta linework of the sgraffito. The glaze has a slight pooled texture you can feel where the colours shift, and the transparent finish gives the painted side a low, soft sheen. Use it for: Serving pasta or salad at the centre of a dinner table for six Holding seasonal fruit on a kitchen island or sideboard between meals A standalone centrepiece on a plain wooden table with nothing else on it A wedding or housewarming gift for a couple who lays a table thoughtfully Given to a host you’ve eaten at many times and want to thank properly A considered gift for the person who chooses tableware that gets used as well as displayed — weddings, housewarmings, or simply for the host who’s earned it. Hand wash recommended — avoid soaking or dishwasher. Food safe. Diameter: 30 cm | Height: 5.5 cm | Weight: 1.4 kg.
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