Fancy fish platter

Susan ... love, love, love this ... you hit all my loves, shaped plate, blue/white, texture, fishy and swirls!  Do you slip trail first then paint or vice versa?

Hi there Judy.... thanks for the compliment. I'm not used to posting any of my stuff but this one got so many comments that I am quite embarrassed! I started the plate as greenware that I then cut and shaped, then freehanded the fish. I then did all my carving, and after that I did sliptrailing. It was then bisque fired and then I painted the platter. Final stage was glaze fire.