Dragon Egg Mugs

The Story Behind the Designs

Centuries ago, when cartographers drew monsters at the edges of maps, people believed they were there.

When tales of the Sirens or Cerberus trekked across the cultural landscape of the ancient world, they were generally believed to be true.

Monsters have had a long history with humanity, and with the film and video game industries bringing those creatures to life with ever-developing technology, it is hard to imagine that that history will not always also be a part of our present.

This lingering fascination with the fantastic — even in a world with maps that have longitude and latitude lines instead of dragons and chimeras at the edges — inspires this series of ceramic vessels.

Each piece is thrown on the wheel and sculpted to look like the eggs of fantastical creatures set in faux-metal holders.

By using these vessels, we interact with the long relationship monsters have with humanity, perhaps understanding that at one time it would have been reasonable to believe that the creatures at the edges of maps were as real as the cup in your hand.