Mug quintet selected for national exhibition

Five of my mugs have been selected by Charlie Cummings Gallery for it’s annual Cup: The Intimate Object show. It marks the third inclusion of my mugs in this national show, after being selected in 2015 and 2020.

All five of this year’s entries are what I call my “graphic” mugs. Their being chosen is particularly gratifying given that these mugs, fired in April, were part of the first group of graphic mugs successfully fired after three years of failures. Three other graphic mugs firings, representing about 90 pieces, were ruined either by a compromised glaze chemical (rutile) or my own errors. Most glaze chemicals are mined by different companies, in different locations,at different times, which can lead to sometimes dramatic changes in quality and performance. And, as much as we/I don’t like to admit it, glazers are also subject to occasional glaze mixing errors :-(

The Cup: The Intimate Object shows usually involve several hundred artists and over a thousand mugs, cups, teabowls and tumblers. Cup: The Intimate Object XX will open in early October.