SPEED DATING

I couple of times a year for quite a long way back I end up making a series of carved tebori pieces using cats, birds, fish and especially dogs. Coated in a thin black slip I paint the designs in ink and then carve away the background to reveal the decoration standing against the wonderful color of the clay. This particular square tray form is of a central theme character, WOOF flanked around the piece by four other, presumably female dogs and entitled, "Speed Dating". Please bare in mind this is just for fun and if you prefer the central character to be female, feel free to go at it and think Woofalina instead of Woof. I make it, you interpret it to your hearts content.