Saturday, February 9, 2013

Piece of cake

Piece of cake. Oil on canvas panel. 7"x5"
Available (£30.00) at nigelmasonart@yahoo.co.uk 

My partner (Mary Jane) made this cake for her daughters 21st - it's a citrus cake with almonds. I think it's the nicest cake I've ever eaten in my life (and I've eaten some cake!). This is the last slice and it resides on a plate called "Blue Domino".
Blue Domino crockery were made by T.G. Green, a Cornwall firm, in 1934. The white dots were made by sticking individual card dots on the white slip - applying the blue glaze and removing the spots before firing. All of this done by hand.
Is there anything nicer than eating a handmade cake off a handmade plate in celebration of a loved one? Other than painting it?

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