A composition-led texture design created for making a coordinated handmade serving platter within the Iris Collection.
The Iris Collection Platter extends the botanical surface language of the table setting set into a larger serving format, allowing potters to create cohesive tableware collections that move beyond individual plates and bowls into shared serving pieces.
The composition has been intentionally arranged to suit a platter form, with flowing botanical detail that gives the finished piece a resolved, authored feel while still leaving room for individual cropping, shaping, glazing, and studio interpretation.
Designed as part of the Studio Collections range, this texture works beautifully alongside the Iris Collection Table Setting, or as a standalone feature surface for serving ware, centrepieces, and larger slab-built forms.
Suitable for slab-built platters, serving dishes, layered glazing, oxide washes, and functional ceramics intended to sit within a cohesive collection.
Why Potters Love It
Designed specifically for larger serving ware 38cm diameter
Coordinates with the Iris Collection Table Setting
Creates a resolved botanical surface without needing to compose from scratch
Strong, readable impressions in clay
Works beautifully with layered glazes and oxide washes
Ideal for building a cohesive tableware collection
Best Suited For
Serving platters
Slab-built functional ceramics
Coordinated dinnerware and serveware collections
Botanical and decorative surface work
Potters wanting authored composition layouts
Makers developing cohesive table settings and serving pieces
How To Use
Roll evenly into soft slab clay using consistent pressure. The composition is designed to suit a platter format while still allowing flexibility for cropping, shaping, and individual studio interpretation.
A small amount of dark residue may appear during the first few uses as part of the laser production process. This burns out completely during firing.
Details
Laser-engraved EVA foam
Flexible and durable
Designed for repeated studio use
Handmade in New Zealand
Studio Collections
Studio Collections are composition-led texture systems designed for creating cohesive dinnerware, serveware, and functional ceramic collections.
Combining original Magpie tooling with authored surface layouts, these sets are designed to help potters create coordinated bodies of work across multiple forms and scales.
