Collection: Helene Mugs

Before Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, I had thrown and trimmed a batch of mugs. By the time the studio reopened, they were too dry to attach handles. I was about to crush them into the clay reclaim bucket when my friend Chuck said, “Fire them.”

So I did. When they came out of the kiln, they looked different—handle-less and unfinished, missing what was expected. In their simple, unadorned form, they had a quiet strength. Like the town, they’d been through a storm and emerged changed. They remind me that disruption doesn’t necessarily mean broken. Sometimes, it makes us more resilient.

20% of sales from these mugs will go to the RAD hurricane relief fund.