My terra cotta plates and cups decorated with underglaze splatters and stamps.
New here: the pile-up of cups — creating a new shape for my stands.
This vessel uses the cup pile-up innovation from “Cocoa.”
Built from two plates, this double spouted teapot is balanced by the weight of two teacups hanging from the spouts. The idea came from hanging cups on my stands.
at Northwest Designer Craftsmen 60th Anniversary exhibit at Whatcom Museum, bellingham,WA.
A teacher called me a “hobby potter.” I said I’m a “Mommy potter.” Now I just call myself a “Mudder.”
After “Using The Good China” series: stands of other concepts, some using a mid-range black clay body.
Display Stands
After the “Using the Good China” series, I used the display stand format for other concepts, sometimes using a mid-range black clay body. The idea of hanging cups from spouts came out of the display stand experimentation. Some of those pieces are shown here.
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