Duwyenie, Debra – Plate with Four Turtles, Quail, Sun, and Flowers

4" diameter

$ 750.00

This is an intricately designed plate by Debra Duwyenie.  She is well known for her wonderful miniatures and incised designs. Each piece is stone polished and then it is etched before it is fired!  This plate has clouds around the rim. Then there is a water serpent (Aavanyu).  In the center, the lower half has four turtles, each etched with a different design.  One of the turtles has a “shifting sand” design to represent her husband, Preston Duwyenie.  There are also fish and even a lizard!  The top half of the design has a sun, flute player, quail, hummingbirds, butterflies, flowers, and even a little rabbit!  There is a LOT going on in design on this plate.  All the designs are intricately etched into the clay.  Note that the lighter red matte areas are where Debra has only etched away from the polished surface but not down as far as the tan color of the clay. Debra also pays close attention to the little details like the tan background area and how evenly she etches the vertical lines.   The back of the plate is slipped with mica.  The piece is signed on the back, “Debra”.

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