The challenge was to set-off a piece of Raku pottery that was made as a trivet, but then when the Artist ( Danielle Dupont of Ottawa ) saw how it turned out, she wanted to be able to see both sides.  She talked to me about incorporating it into some ironwork and that perhaps candles could be included in the design.

The image shows what I came up with.  The base has been textured to resemble the texture of the Raku pottery and the top part of the piece just under the pottery rotates ( where the upright meets the horizontal bar ) so that both sides can be seen.