For a long time our creatures lived on paper. Flat, quiet, framed. They stayed where they were placed.
This year we wanted to see what would happen if they became part of something more tactile. Something that lives in the kitchen. Something held with both hands on a slow morning.
So we began a collaboration with Alice, the maker behind HA Pottery.
Each cup is wheel-thrown by Alice in her studio. A lump of clay is centered, opened, and slowly lifted into form. The walls rise under steady hands. No molds are involved, so every piece carries small variations in weight and proportion. The curve might lean a little fuller. The lip might feel slightly softer. These differences are part of the process.
Instead of printing the drawings onto the surface, the creatures are carved directly into the clay. Line by line, the artwork is incised while the clay is still leather-hard. The marks are physical. You can trace them with a fingertip.
After carving, the cups are glazed in white. The glaze settles into the carved lines and pools gently across the surface, creating subtle shifts in tone. The result is quiet contrast. Ink translated into clay.
They feel grounded. Solid. A little heavier than paper, as expected. Still carrying that familiar sense of space.
These cups are meant to be used. Tea in the morning. Coffee in the afternoon. Water late at night. Over time they will gather small traces of daily life. That feels appropriate.
Everything is made by Alice. Shaped, carved, glazed. A small batch, simply because hands can only make so many.
Our creatures have stepped off the wall for a while. Now they sit on shelves, waiting to be picked up.
