Mug cup

I called them Custard cup

Artist/Designer: Nichola Gensler and I make functional wheel-thrown pottery from my studio in Sheffield.

She started making pottery after a career in the hospitality industry. Initially working as a chef, then pastry chef and then baker, she sets up and ran a busy London bakery for almost 10 years. 

There are many similarities between production pottery and cooking;  in the practical processes and in the repeated movement of creating and re-creating identical forms. 

She experiences in kitchens has given her an insight into food presentation which she draws on when she makes her work. She likes to think about the way in which a piece will be used, what a particular plate will hold or how much custard you could fit into a bowl for example. But she also likes to think about the way in which a piece will be held when used. That link between the hands of the maker and the hands of the user are very important to her.