Rice In Ceramics

One of the pieces for the project was a bowl with blue color designs that had certain areas that were opaque or see through. After doing some research, I found out that the opaque design is accomplished by pushing in uncooked rice grains while the pottery piece is in the moist leather hard stage. This picture is another example of how a piece with rice pushed into its walls will turn out after it has been fired. What i like about this piece is that the rice has been used to show the opaque design, and then used again to make the flower shape.