clay: sgraffito #2

I was honestly stunned by my platter when I picked it off the finished ceramics shelf at Clay Life yesterday. I usually have glaring defects on my pieces.                                 

I love the wabi sabi carving of this sgraffito platter so much that I made three more "blank canvases" for more carving and then tried to carve sardines and waves before glazing last night. I'm loving the imagery of food, first an avocado and second these artichokes. What next? Peppers? Tomatoes? Eggplant? All my favorite subjects in cooking.