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Each piece needs to have the tops and bottoms trimmed of excess clay and mold seam lines removed. For round pieces, this is easily done on a potter's wheel.

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Every piece of Rozart Pottery is signed on the bottom. Here, a metal stamp was used and the date "9-99" was etched beside it. The "30" represents the number of years the company has been in business. Some earlier pieces of Rozart may also have the type or style etched on the bottom such as "rusticware" or "decoware".

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Rozart Pottery uses engobe paints made in the studio for about 95% of the decorating. Slip, powdered color pigments, and other ingredients are ground together in this ball mill. It takes several hours of ball milling to adequately mix the paints. The finished product has a wonderfully thick consistency which helps create depth and texture on the finished pieces.