Ceramic Cake Plate with Hand Painted Flower Vine

Ceramic Cake Plate with Hand Painted Flower Vine
✅ Watercolor on archival paper
✅ Commission available – personalized art
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At Rice Living, we go a long way to making you feel at home in a house with a personal touch. This ceramic series is no exception. We called this gorgeous series”Handpainted because it’s handmade and hand-painted by amazing women in Portugal. Operated by women, this company handles every aspect of production — from painting to firing to packing — ensuring a truly artisanal touch in every creation.

It takes extraordinary talent and artistry to hand-paint ceramics; it’s an ancient craft that’s slowly fading away. Not many people learn it anymore; it’s challenging to find employees who possess that skill.

The process can be intricate. Depending on the design and expression, each piece may undergo multiple firings in the kiln (oven).

First, the clay arrives in large tubes and is then machine-cut into smaller pieces. These pieces are molded using a mold called a “biscuit”. Then the formed pieces undergo firing in a kiln at 1050 degrees for 9-10 hours, followed by a day of