Stella, who traveled alot, came to my studio with a list of all the places, and we tried to get her 12 plates that came from as close as possible to places she's been. Prices on sets are negotiable depending on rareity of sediments used, design details and the time they require to execute, and time of year. Winter is the best time to approach me about commissioned work. The underside, on the foot, sometimes adds specific information. Mediterranean at Exit of Rhone River Rim band is sediment collected by R/V Oceanus, because of an investigation of outgassing in an area where bubbles in water were causing interference (called geoclutter) for submarine's sonar. Other glaze is shiny brown, and was assembled from refined materials. 1105-4 Gulf of Mexico Rim band is glazed with sediment from the Gulf of Mexico. Other glaze is made from refined materials. This plate is from a set that sold. PL1105-1 Brazil Margin Sediment Sediment from Brazil Margin is on the rim band. Other glaze is a shiny brown I assembled from refined materials. This plate is from a set that sold. 1105-6 Hawaiian Black Sand Rim is melted Hawaiian black sand. Other glaze is shiny brown, assembled from refined materials. This plate is from a set that sold. 1105-2 Emerald Basin (off Nova Scotia) Emerald Basin is a sediment from off Nova Scoria which makes beautiful colors and patterns when heavily applied, as on some pieces in the Bigger Bowls section. Central glaze of shiny brown I assembled from refined materials. This plate is from a set that sold. 1105-8 Antarctica Sediment plus black sand from Deception Island 1105-3 Pacific (Santa Barbara Basin) 1105-5 South Pacific (Lau Basin) 1105-7 Indonesian Seaways 1105-9 Costa Rica from an underwater accretionary prism 1105-10 Indian Ocean Dated by visual inspection of foraminifera, this is the only sample I have, for which I know approximate age: Eocene, 35 to 40 million years. 1105-11 Bermuda Rise 1105-12