Caitlin Heimerl Allen [2010, Illustration]
I strive to create hand-made ceramic tableware that reflects my love for color. The imagery embedded in each piece is reminiscent of beloved places and pastimes. Vast skies, quiet trout streams, and summer blossoms serve as endless inspiration. Working with clay and slips colored with mason stains has allowed me to utilize my painterly sensibility in a 3D medium. After applying multi-layered stencils cut from original drawings onto flat slabs, I construct the “printed” clay into mugs, pitchers, or plates.