These nesting plates are designed to be a set of true individuals, just like a family.  Each plate is a different size, with a slightly different pattern, to have their own indiviual function.  One for those biscuit snacks with a  beverage of your choice, one for a slice of toast in the morning, one for a sandwich at lunch time, one for your dinner in the evening, and one little cutie for an indulgent cup cake or petit four.
 
Each plate is handmade from a slab of stoneware clay, embossed with a guaze pattern and asymetrical rim and shaped with graduating sized circles.  They have been made to nest inside each other, forming a flower like shape of 'petal' rims.  The colour is painted on using a selection of different clay slips to create a subtle cloudy palete and then they are finished in a shiny transparent glaze. You can see a process video of how they are made in my blog.