This mug is from just over a year ago. It's interesting to go back and see progression and how ideas take shape (not just art, but life ideas too). I'm away from my studio and clay right now and by the time I get back to it, it will have been well over a month. While Id like to have been able to continue to keep making work, the time away has given me perspective and inspiration. . My family and I have been moving almost every year since I started this as a full time job in 2017 (not our plan, but it was what happened). The pattern has been: set up studio, work out new ideas through trial and learning, get momentum, aaaaand move! Again! Repeat. But! Overall, the experience has been so rich with moments of bliss, frustration, trust, confusion, perfection, and so on. It's all learning. Right!? . As I've mentioned in my stories and here and there in posts, we've moved from Morganton NC up to Grand Haven MI (my hometown). My wife packed up a small U-Haul with our kids stuff and headed up first. Then she came back and headed up with our 3 kids and has been keeping the peace with them. Right before she left for her second trip, we both loaded up one of those 26 ft moving trucks and I drove that up a couple weeks ago. We unpacked, did a basic set up and did our best to situate things in the house and my studio (more on that later). . I came back down here (NC) last Monday with my father in-law to finish up a kitchen remodel and a variety of other lil things so that we can sell this house. Currently waiting on a countertop to be installed. I've also got my kiln to move (which always makes me nervous), tools, lawnmower, etc. So here I am today, right now, reflecting on art and life and how magnificent it all is. And when I say that I mean all of it; the shit and the shine. 💩🌞 . For those of you who have reached out wanting to know when mugs will be available, and to everyone else wondering the same thing, my answer is probably about 6-8 weeks. It will be worth the wait. I really appreciate everyone's patience too. Honestly, I cannot wait to show you all what's next. Thanks for your attention. Happy Sunday. Love to all of you. ❤️❤️❤️🙏 (at Morganton, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPfvMNwj6Pw/?utm_medium=tumblr
