Rutile Blue and Golden Tan Planter with Attached Drainage Plate
Rutile Blue and Golden Tan Planter with Attached Drainage Plate
This dreamy lavender blue and golden tan planter will work beautifully, indoors or outdoors. It would make an excellent home for a house plant, a group of succulents, or maybe some herbs. The soft blue and golden tan colors are subtle and lovely, and would work well with many types of decor. It has 2 drainage holes in the bottom, about the size of a dime, which drain into the attached drip plate.
This planter stands just over 4 inches tall, and it's about 7" wide across the lip. At the base, it's nearly 6 1/2" across the outer rim of the plate. The planter narrows a bit at the bottom (above the base), and I would suggest filling in that bottom section with rocks to encourage good drainage.
The planter was thrown on my potter's wheel using a stoneware clay. Some white slip (watered down clay that has been blended smooth) was painted around the belly of the pot. I used a jagged brush to create some texture through the wet slip, which provides some soft ridges for the rutile glaze to flow and pool around.
This piece was glazed with Goldspot glaze around the top quarter of the pot. Then the planter was dipped into Rutile glaze, from the bottom up to right below the rim. The lip and top few inches are glazed, but below the interior of this pot is unglazed.
