"And with a smile on his face he drove us straight into the sun..."
 
I made a lot of mugs this launch, more than I ever have before. More than I have in my whole life! I'm excited with all the different varieties and forms that came to life through my lack of experience, and style (within mug making.) Each one either handbuilt or in this case thrown by hand on the wheel with an attached handle. This mug, albeit simple is one of my favorites from the launch. Although it has a more minimalistic composition the symbols it's latent with have been circulating my work and brain for the past few months. Together they tell a story, they create a feeling and make a morning! 
 
This collection is comprised of both old habits and new experimentation. I've spent the past 4 months working on paintings, prints, and a secret collection (soon to come!) Having all of this time away from the clay studio and instead infront of a canvas or with a pen in hand naturally created some noticeable changes in my ceramic work and the purpose I see it serving. I had 4 months to unlearn what I had taught myself and known as a ceramicist and I'm finding a new joy, curiousity and sense of playfulness with these pieces. Some work may appear more childlike and whimsical others more mature and serene. Collectively these works create a book, each page (mug, bowl, vessel, etc.) a new thought, feeling, phrase or idea. Each of these pieces is informed by all of the 2D work I've been working on behind the scenes for the past 4 months and is done withought planning, rather an innate emotion and necessity to share and the permanence of ceramics allows for these pages, pieces, ideas and emotions live on past me.
 
I had a lot of fun experimenting with photographing these with some of the paintings and sketches I’ve created and been working on recently! I always talk about how every piece I create informs the next and I felt like this was a great was to visually convey that!
 
PLEASE NOTE: This piece was made with pre-processed clay, not the natural clay bodies, which means IT IS FOOD SAFE!
 
Dimensions
Height: 3.75in.
Width: 5in.
Lendth 5in.
Holds 12 ounces!