Cup #70

Offering....

Cup #69 (two views)

The handle roots about the base of the cup then sweeps up and away...I'm thinking spring! (and also its relationship to Cup #44....)

Cup #68

Fluid folds that overlap and entangle, curls, seed.....

Cup #67

Round, curled, contained....this cup reminded me of Cup #22...after a look back, I can see the process of change that shows up in a stronger more sculptural expression of these qualities.

Cup #66

A proud, energetic one...made during a visit from a Round Valley Girl!

Cup #65 (two views)

Art Nouveau?.....I think so!!!!

Cup #64

The handle I "intended" cracked and split at the base of the cup when I attempted to attach it so I turned the remaining stub into a loop. The handle cracked because the clay I used to make the handle lost it's elasticity. The loss of elasticity occurred because (for the first time) I spent 10 hours putting my 400 lbs of aged, elastic, 10 year old clay (it was a little too dry) through a pug mill (the Champion juicer or meat grinder for clay) with some slip to re-moisten it and all that mixing broke up the living connections in the clay and it lost it's elasticity. Panic....then I found some scraps of old elastic, non-pugged clay and started a new handle. The new handle comes from the top of the cup down to an energetic meeting with the loop....the cup seems to be smiling...I am now too......

Oh, and new clay has arrived (luckily unfrozen) from Minnesota...there will be more cups.