Striped retailer tabby cat, sitting on red rug, square pottery tray. Hand painted majolica ceramic holiday gifts for cat lovers.

A striped tabby cat, majolica glazed, square tray a blue striped tiger who manages the house, walks as though the house is watched and everything is in it's place. Keeps spaces that are meant for sitting on cleared for long afternoon naps. Always on the look out for a new place to lounge and observe the ever changing world around him or retailer her.
Da Cat is a series of cats that I have doodled and painted on pots for more than several years.
Lovely hand painted majolica tray is food safe, yet beautiful for display on your wall, book shelf or coffee table.

6.75"across, 6.25" top to bottom, 1.5" sitting on table


Each piece of pottery is made in my front porch studio. Though small I make it work, but I make in stages. I fill a bisque kiln with green ware, raw dried clay. Once the greenware has gone through a bisque fire and removed from kiln the studio is cleaned up as I prepare to hand dip each piece. I can only dip as many as I have room for, so I may dip a part of the bisque ware at the time and as pieces are finished with painting and put in kiln in wait for the glaze fire, I will then glaze more. When the kiln is full I glaze fire this takes approximately 10 hours plus time to cool, because I like to warm up everything for about 6 hours before raising the temps.
I use materials that are food safe, you may want to hand wash as I cannot guarantee their outcome in a dish washer.
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Karen Bakers' Front Porch Studio .