An almond, never a stencil.
Each motif is brushed freehand from memory; two plates from the same kiln are never quite twins.
Cobalt over a single white slip.
One pigment, one ground — the painter has nowhere to hide, and the work earns its honesty.
Ishkor glaze, fired at low heat for depth.
A plant-ash glaze cooled at 950°C — softer than industrial blues, with a sheen that wakes in lamplight.
An iron-brown rim, to anchor the blue.
A thin band of copper-oxide turquoise and earth-brown holds the cobalt florals to the plate's edge.