Hello Stewart,
Yes, worth doing the whole of a seminar but it is hard work !! Interesting piece which you have posted to the gallery, I like this more than the regular platters, maybe because it is a bowl ? There is a lovely crisp edge to the piece delineating the colour and texture from the natural grain. I like the treatment of the top edge, leading the eye to the inside of the bowl and an inner edge for the grain pattern to fold over. Good, even texturing with the gilt (?) inside and a complimentary colour to the outside. Square off the foot and leave it natural grain unless the colour has penetrated too far. If it has, square off the foot and use a colour to match the inside of the texturing or the dark of the outer rim.
ATB John
