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handmade ceramics

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Ode to Basquiat: The Journey of Becoming a Child 

These six mugs were made over the last 6 months. They were inspired by Jean Michel Basquiat, the painter who partied with Andy Warhol in the eighties.  I love everything he's done.  So I thought I'd run that spirit through my brain and the clay and out popped these babies!  I hated them for a while, for the same reason I made them, that they are rough and unrefined, unapologetic, uncomely even.


 

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painting by Lori Quarton

muggartt goes to the park!

Art in the Park - 50 vendors
Dinosaur Caves Park

First Sunday of every month starting in March
Shell Beach

END OF THE YEAR CLEARANCE!
It was a feeding frenzy.  People poured into the pop-up jostling for position, grabbing mugs out of each other's hands.  Okay.  Okay.  I know I'm biased but 
...but there was a woman who came back to the show a month later and asked if I had the Banana Mug.>> I had just sold it 15 minutes before. She bought the Garden of Eden instead with the serpent handle.In 2021 I probably made 250 mugs. Gave away 50. Sold 20 the month before.  And now it was December and people were in the gift-buying mood.  The going rate is $35 a mug and I sold probably 10 full price but after the first 30 minutes I started slashing prices to $25 and under.  End of the year clearance.  It was the best day of the year.    I sold 75 mugs in 5 hours.  I was beside myself, laughing at myself... just buzzing with compliments and benjamins!  I hope this doesn't come off as bragging.  Clay is a private sport, hours and hours of practice and play, alone and alone but never lonely.  And at the end of the year I got to put them on display, all dressed up in dollar bills, and my soul my soul, my time, my hopes and dreams all following along like beer cans tied to a car dancing on the asphalt.  I was terrified to put a price on acceptance.  Every dollar was a loud vote for the odd and awkward creatures of 2021.  These were all the prototypes, the purest thought and invention in sand colored stoneware.  My brain on clay.  Very little editinmg.  Breaking so many rules of convention.  But is it interesting?   I don't care if you think it's refined... Does it grab you by the soul?  Anyway, the two shows paid off all my clay and glazes for the year. I bought a 65" TV with the rest.  Or I could pay the electric bill with it.  

texture

texture

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The firecracker

The firecracker

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October

October

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The firecracker

The firecracker

Sand & Sea

Sand & Sea

the wheel

the wheel

The Love Mug

The Love Mug

Party Mugs!

Party Mugs!

Jade Princess

Jade Princess

Zen teacup

Zen teacup

Zen teacup

Zen teacup

Black & White Grunge

Black & White Grunge

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Inside the Zen

Inside the Zen

POP ART No 1

POP ART No 2

POP ART

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ROGER THE TRASH MAN

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Rogelio comes around once a week to pick up our recycles.  I grabbed this manly mug for him and told him thanks for doing what he does.  When I saw him a month later I asked about the manly mug and he said he got to use it once and then his wife stole it.

TWO BIG THUMBS UP!

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So I guess manly mugs aren't just for men ;)  So I grabbed another --  made from my F-150 truck tire. Thanks Roger. You're the man!

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MY FIRST MUG

My daughter is a real ceramic artist. She is graduating from SFSU this year while studying abroad in Montreal.  Christmas 2020 she did this handbuilding demo for the fam and I got hooked.  I really wanted to explore textures and handles.  This one is molded to my palm.

SEPTEMBER KILN

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Kabuki

Kabuki

Mega Texture

Mega Texture

Wood steel glass and stoneware. Lava rock texture. Sulphur crackle glaze

RATS!

RATS!

Large and in charge, Ratatoille inspired novelty bucket mug

HEAVY DUTY

HEAVY DUTY

24 oz thick

Mask No 5

Mask No 5

Mask No 4

Mask No 4

Glass, steel, porcelain and glaze

Mask No 4

Mask No 4

Glass, steel porcelain and glaze

Bowls!

Bowls!

Steel and glass gauze

Steel and glass gauze

Porcelain Fruit Bowl

Porcelain Fruit Bowl

Teal mason stain mixed in porcelain, yellow underglaze, crackle glass aqua glaze, high gloss

Porcelain Fruit Bowl

Porcelain Fruit Bowl

Pretty cool that this one made it and the other six died along the way

Trinity Rice Bowl

Trinity Rice Bowl

Trinity Rice Bowl

Trinity Rice Bowl

Cobalt Wave Bowl

Cobalt Wave Bowl

Cobalt Wave Bowl

Cobalt Wave Bowl

Sharp-edged Candy Bowl

Sharp-edged Candy Bowl

Porcelain Cereal Bowl

Porcelain Cereal Bowl

Porcelain and Aqua

Porcelain and Aqua

Feel like a prince or princess eating your Cheerios

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

DUDE

DUDE

RATS!

RATS!

Large and in charge, Ratatoille inspired novelty bucket mug

RATS!

RATS!

Matrix Industrial Mug

Matrix Industrial Mug

Quart Plus, comfortable handle, possibly two hands needed

Matrix Industrial Mug

Matrix Industrial Mug

Survived the squiddie onslaught

Matrix Industrial Mug

Matrix Industrial Mug

Matrix Industrial Mug

Matrix Industrial Mug

Party Mug

Party Mug

"PARTY!"

"PARTY!"

Party Mug

Party Mug

Quart of beer please

Quart of beer please

Wood steel glass and stoneware. Lava rock texture. Sulphur crackle glaze

HEAVY DUTY

HEAVY DUTY

18 oz

Coffee or Tea?

Coffee or Tea?

Coffee or Tea?

Coffee or Tea?

HOT OUT OF THE KILN
OCTOBER 20, 2021

Most of the team

Most of the team

Masks and Shadow

Masks and Shadow

Feature Mug: The Garden

Feature Mug: The Garden

The Garden

The Garden

The Garden and the Guardian

The Garden and the Guardian

Monster Love Handle

Monster Love Handle

Are You My Mother? novelty mug

Are You My Mother? novelty mug

simple cup

simple cup

Small Odd Kidd Cup

Small Odd Kidd Cup

Teacup

Teacup

teacup

teacup

Current Favorite!\...don't tell the others

Current Favorite!\...don't tell the others

cappuccino maybe?

cappuccino maybe?

Float and Flow Close up

Float and Flow Close up

Float and Flow Close up

Float and Flow Close up

Atlantis burial mask

Atlantis burial mask

Float and Flow zoom out

Float and Flow zoom out

Atlantis burial mask

Atlantis burial mask

Ancient Starry Queen

Ancient Starry Queen

Kabuki Theater Mask

Kabuki Theater Mask

Ancient Starry Queen

Ancient Starry Queen

MICRO MUGS
FIRST GEN

Micro Mugs!

Micro Mugs!

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Muggartt Medallions

Muggartt Medallions

Muggartt Medallions

Muggartt Medallions

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Pots

Micro Mugs

Micro Mugs

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