Frank Stella Mug #2

colorful sculptural mug with an abstract design inspired by the art of Frank Stella Appoximately 6" tall Ceramic (stoneware clay), underglaze, glaze About the Artist: Jessica Thompson-Lee is a ceramic artist and art educator from Kansas City, MO, and is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her BFA in ceramics from The University of Kansas and her MA in art education from the University of Missouri Kansas City.The majority of the open, abstract, and organic forms found in my sculptures are loosely inspired by nature-images I’ve observed of microorganisms, fungi, coral, rock formations, the human body, and insects. However, my designs always start with and are primarily created during the playful, experimental, and somewhat unpredictable process of “drawing” with clay. After filling a squeeze bottle full of porcelain slip, I squeeze liquid clay designs onto a plaster slab, never knowing exactly how the designs will turn out. This unpredictability is both an impo