Pterodactyl Dinner Plate 12

It all started with a pterodactyl. Although this is the 12th porcelain plate design, this is where Calamityware began. Don Moyer, artist and all-around funny guy, says, "In 2011, I was drawing my grandma's blue-willow plate in my sketchbook, and I added a pterodactyl for fun. That’s what got all the Calamityware projects started." 

Designed by Don Moyer and initially launched as his 22nd Kickstarter project in 2016.

 

For dino-nerds only. Yes, we know that pterodactyl isn’t the right term. We should be calling the creature a pteranodon (large body, crest on head, short tail, no teeth). But there are three problems with that term.

1. No one seems to know what we're talking about. But when we say pterodactyl, folks get it right away.
2. Pteranodon is bland and somehow doesn’t convey the mystery and sinister glamor that pterodactyl has.
   
3. We're old and our capacity to absorb new stuff is pathetically limited. We still think Pluto is a planet.