Each stroke is painted in one go, with no going back once the brush touches the surface. The blue and clear glaze layers blend together once the cup is fired.
On the "A-side," figures inspired by Rogier van der Weyden's 1430s painting 'Saint Luke Draws the Madonna'.
On the "B-side," lines from Walt Whitman's poem 'As Adam Early in the Morning': Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
The cup is approximately 8.5 cm tall and 9 cm across (11.5 cm including the handle). Trimmed flat foot and signed underneath.
