Winter Game Birds was inspired by my uncle’s collection of 18th century French Sevrès porcelain. In those days porcelain was so rare that it was only sold to royalty. The European factories would decorate the rim of the plate with one color and trim it with gold. They would “reserve” spaces around the rim to be painted by the traveling artists who would visit the factory. I loved the idea of the “reserves” and wanted to create a pattern incorporating them. My vision was a red rim (for Christmas) with cool winter bird scenes painted in the reserves to calm down the red color. Thus Winter Games Birds was created. Today it still remains one of my most popular patterns. -Lynn Chase