Curious and fanciful figures on porcelain plates by Dianne Longley.

Porcelain plate details pdf

Beastie-Bear Solitary Serenade

Little Sweet Potato

Quaint Processional

Cordial Good-Gracious & Pikachu

Archibald Pipe-Dreamer Pondering Abstractions

Curious Conversation between Trusty Jellybob & Master Horsy, & Conundrum

Scary Bird-Monster, Mr Pointy Poky-Poo & Fleeting Secrets

Wee-Missie & Feisty Mam Debating with Many-Headed-Beastie

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Beastie-Bear Solitary Serenade, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 10 x 7 cms oval, 2005.
Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $75 aud

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Little Sweet Potato, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 11 cm diameter, 2005.
Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $100 aud

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Quaint Processional, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 13 cm diameter, 2005.
Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $150 aud

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Cordial Good-Gracious & Pikachu, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 14 cm star, 2005.
Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $150 aud

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Archibald Pipe-Dreamer Pondering Abstractions, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 14 cm star, 2005. Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $150 aud

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Curious Conversation between Trusty Jellybob & Master Horsy, & Conundrum, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 13 cm diameter, 2005. Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $150 aud

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Scary Bird-Monster, Mr Pointy Poky-Poo & Fleeting Secrets, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 15.5 x 21 cm, 2005. Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $200 aud

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Wee-Missie & Feisty Mam Debating with Many-Headed-Beastie, On-glaze porcelain, decals and gold lustre, 15.5 x 21 cm, 2005. Edition of 12, titled, signed and numbered on back. $200 aud

This series of eight porcelain works was created for 'Emporium' an exhibition at Adele Boag Gallery in Adelaide in 2005.

The porcelain works were produced using decals made from coloured drawings based on figures from the Renaissance historia animalium of Conrad Gesner, humorous figures from 16th century French humanist and artist François Rabelais, contemporary Japanese ‘kawaii’ figures and toys, the commedia dell’arte, imagined and real plants, and grotesque imagery through history.

My pencil drawings were scanned and coloured in Adobe Photoshop, then the digital files were printed as decals. I adhered the decals onto the porcelain plates, the images on the front, and the titles on the back. I added gold lustre edges, and signed the back of the plates, which were then fired to 800°C. These works can be hung on a wall or placed in a display holder on a shelf.