Dolores Curran has created her own distinctive “poly-tonal” incised blackware.  This is a style that she originated by modifying the classic “black” pottery with polishing and rubbing techniques to create various shades of black and grey.  This is a round bowl with two turtles and two old-style butterflies.  They are intricate and striking designs.  The bowl has a lid with a handle that is fully polished.  It has painted black-on-black clouds.  The various colorations of gray are from a very time-involved process as the surface areas are either polished or slipped with mica or rubbed until they are almost a gunmetal coloration.  The designs are created by either incising or etching into the surface and this is combined with painted designs.  It is signed, “Dolores Curran”.