Our current featured artist is the lovely British Ceramicist Helen Beard, who created the above piece especially for Ashes & Milk as part of the most adorable Bird Cup Collection. I am in awe with the texture detail of Helen’s brushwork, each stroke carefully placed to represent feathers on the wing, tail, head and downy chest. The sky blue wash around the mouth of the cup is the perfect aviary for this little Warbler.
You can view the entire collection here and the newly added cups here here here and here.
I hope I don’t embarrass Helen too much by posting this video of her, but I could not pass up the chance to show you how charming of a person she is.
You can also see how Helen creates these ceramics right here.
