I’ve recently started questioning my functional work. Once you can make a form successfully, it’s very easy to stop thinking about it and just default to ‘that shape you know how to make’. I’m taking a fresh look at everything and asking does it work well? Why did I choose that shape? What would make it be better? Take butter dishes for example. My standard process is to make them a bit like an upside down pinch pot, about the size and shape of a stick of butter, and then refine and decorate them later. In[…]
