Ame Handpainted Porcelain Chawan Tea Bowl — The Muddy Yogi Pottery
The Muddy Yogi, aka Kitty Maer, from Colombus, Ohio, is an active Yoga Practitioner, a ceramicist inspired by the Japanese pottery aesthetic/culture, a black cat lover and also a photographer. Her utilitarian pottery includes Nerikome teawares, oribi and celadon glazes and Sumi Ink designs. The stretching and balancing of her Yin/Zen yoga workshops has an alignment with the manipulation of pottery clay and her products exude a grounded symbiosis and calm that reflects this.
“I’m inspired by wabisabi rustic things that look like they’ve been unearthed. Which is funny since I gravitate toward stark white unmarred minimalist objects, but that’s not what feels right when I’m creating my pieces; they tend to be serene, quiet, and grounding and I love them for their flaws. Imperfection gives life and personality to handcrafted wares and I like to work with the materials I have at hand – the nature of the clay, a few simple favorite tools, and just see what direction the piece takes naturally. I started with a desire to make chawan (Japanese tea bowls) and yunomi (cups) and I’d watched a documentary in which a tea master mentioned how each of the antique chawan tells a story and the more you look at one, the more you see. I spend hours with each bowl and I feel like a little bit of however I felt at the time is reflected in each one, telling its own little story that I hope someone enjoys reading one day.”
“When it comes to pottery I can say I’ve never enjoyed doing anything so much in my life. I’m a yoga and meditation teacher and yet, the process of pottery has proven to be my favorite form of therapy and the best teacher in regard to unattachment, patience, and letting go.”
Black clay and porcelain marbled sushi set-with sumi-e fishies
Black clay landscape rice bowl–The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Black stoneware yunomi
Porcelain landscape glaze yunomi—theMuddyYogi
Black Stoneware Faceted Bud Vase
Black stoneware sushi set with iron rich shino glaze
Yunomi Tea Cup – The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Black Yunomi Tea Cup with Vines
Coiled black stoneware sake bottle and sake cup
Koi motif vessel
Copper oxide glazed chawan with desert glazed interior
Guinomi ceramic cup–theMuddyYogi
Black sakura blossoms on white slipped black clay – The Muddy Yogi Pottery
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Handleless coffee cup—-The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Kitty Maer
Small ceramic vase
Cup with horsehair & sugar raku firing.
Bisqued earthenware is refired to 1100 degrees, taken out of the kiln, and immediately decorated with horsehair and sugar.
Ceramic bonsai vessel–theMuddyYogi
Meteorite Yunomi Tea Cup
Nerikomi yunomi with three clay bodies,—The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Peony bowl with mirrored interior – themuddyyogi
Plum Blossom Sky Chawan Tea Bowl
Porcelain Chawan Tea Bowl w Iron Swirl—themuddyyogi
Etsy-TheMuddyYogiPottery
Ramen bowl– The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Reduction fired porcelain chawan tea bowl—cobalt oxide hand painted landscape
Black cat Sascha — photo Kitty Maer
Shiroishiro Sumi Koi Bowl—Summer Chawan – themuddyyogi
Sky & Birch Hive Sake Bottle – Vase — Etsy
Hand built coiled stoneware sake bottle with stopper
Speckled stoneware bowl with sumi-e fishies.
Porcelain celadon teabowl with underglaze transfer pattern
Stoneware nerikomi agate summer chawan
Stoneware soap dishes–The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Stoneware teapot
Cups with legs–MuddyYogi
Summer speckled stoneware nerikomi chawan
‘Swimming Koi Plate’ turquoise blue, white & brown shino
Porcelain tea cup — The Muddy Yogi Pottery
themuddyyogi—tea cups painted base
themuddyyogi—tea bowls
Bonsai
Black underglaze on white stoneware
Yunomi with gritty slip and oribe type glaze
themuddyyogi–footed cup with matt and glossy glaze
Stoneware sake bottle — The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Tulip accent folded bowl, black mirrored inside — theMuddyYogi
Winter birch stoneware yunomi — theMuddyYogi
Yunomi with dragonfly motif — The Muddy Yogi Pottery
Hand built stoneware yunomi tea cup with black faceted exterior and interior shino glaze–theMuddyYogi
Wide Black Clay Hakame Tea Cup Meoto Set
Meoto means ‘married couple’ hence these two cups that are made for each other, yet unique to themselves–Black stobare clay with chalk white hakame stroke
Aloe Planter — teacup sized, reduction fired speckled clay with shino glaze and metallic iron thumbprints.