August birth flower ceramic gifts have the poppy to work with — the flower with the most complicated symbolic history of any bloom in the calendar and the most striking profile in a field. Chive made a version in burnt orange. Four inches, designed for a wall rather than a meadow. The burnt orange glaze is the honest version of what a poppy looks like when the glaze tells the truth about the color rather than performing it. Red is technically hard in ceramics. The kiln made a decision. The studio deferred.