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Start with one broad banded slab, because the image pair reads as wide joined color fields draped into a dish, not as a tightly marbled bowl. Roll the plum, pink, white, yellow, teal, and blue to the same thickness, join them edge to edge, then press the sheet over a shallow form before you pinch the rim into its irregular wave.
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Work in sequence so the form, thickness, surface detail, and finishing stay controlled from prep through bake.
Roll each color to the same thickness and join the sheets edge to edge so the broad bands stay clean and readable.
Trim a generous dish blank before the color seams stretch or smear.
Drape the slab over a shallow bowl form and smooth only enough to seat it without losing the broad band pattern.
Pinch and tug the rim into soft waves while the clay is still workable, checking that the wall thickness stays fairly even.
Add a light surface tooth with a sponge or brush if you want the outer wall to keep the same handmade texture shown in the photo.
Start with the core build kit, then add optional finishing or hardware only if it fits the version you want to make.
Matches the bright pink band that breaks up the cooler stripes in the dish.
Useful for the warm yellow stripe and for pushing mixed chartreuse notes if needed.
Needed for the pale band and for lightening the brighter colors without muddying them.
Gets you closer to the teal stripe running through the dish wall and center.
Useful for the deep plum band that anchors the warmer colors.
Matches the cooler blue stripe that shows most clearly along the outer wall.
Helps you flatten the joined color bands evenly before they go over the dish form.
Keeps the slab thickness more even so the rim does not turn weak in the oven.
Useful for trimming a clean dish blank before you start pinching the irregular rim.
Supports the shallow dish curve while you drape the slab and shape the rim.
Helps you keep the visible surface tooth instead of smoothing the dish into a hard gloss read.
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