These mugs are an exercise in throwing. They’re small, delicate things, thrown out of maybe a third of a pound of clay, or even less. At this size, there’s no sense in even wedging the individual lumps. They’re thrown onto small bats, and pulled into their shape quickly. The bottoms are thin, and they are carefully wired off the wheel. The next day, I pull the handles and attach it, and after everything is dried they are bisque fired. There’s no fussing with trimming, and there isn’t any refinement on the handle attachment - they are as close to the imprint of my hands making a shape as I can achieve, with just the wheel and a small wooden beveling tool used during the throwing process. These mugs are my pursuit of beauty in simplicity.

School white porcelaineous clay, soda fired to cone 10 with large lumps of Newman’s red wadding below. Range of glazes.