Two Mugs, Two Nieces

by Kathy


I got inspired to post again, after receiving this photo (top) of a wheel thrown mug I had given to one of my two nieces, Mandy, many years ago. She lives on the opposite coast from me, and as a result I have not been in very good touch with her. She is a very wild and crazy artistic type and I now find that she really likes my work, by which I feel very complimented. Thanks to social networking, I am now getting a little better in touch with her which is really nice.

It started when my other niece, Stephanie, who I am in better touch with, posted on FB a recent photo of a mug that I had given her this past Xmas. Mandy saw it, and then posted (with her inimitable sense of humor), “Where’s mine?” I have promised her a mug, too, and now I have just gotten this photo from her of this very old mug that I didn’t even remember having given to her when I was a very young potter. I am also posting the recent mug that I made for Steph to compare the two. I still seem to have an overall same shape preference or inclination that comes to me when I throw, which I find interesting. My glazing has gotten a bit more lively, though, to say the least!

Lessons to be learned by me:

1. All this social networking, as much as we over 50’s  complain about it, CAN and DOES bring people together.
2. My sense of aesthetics changed over the years, but a certain kernel of what I find pretty, what I am attracted to, has stayed the same. Kathy  www.kathyjeffersstudio.com