Pentagon Vase 'The Bathers' wheel thrown mug Cheers to the lovers

Cheers to the lovers

Hand painted and carved

25” wide by 4” high

My newest style of mug is an exploration in simplicity of form - the body of the mug is a wheel thrown cylinder with a handle which is pulled directly from the body of the mug and adhered to the bottom with a firm push from my fingers

Pentagon Vase 'The Bathers' wheel thrown mug Cheers to the loversThe pentagram vase is named so because it is built up from a pentagon as the base. The resulting geometry appears symmetrical from certain angles, and off center from other view points. The result is a different piece from every angle. When painting this piece I thought about how often as humans we choose to view ourselves as separate from nature. As a species we have taken extreme lengths to alter our environments, treating fellow animals and