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," the cup features lines from the poem 'Drug Store' by Karl Shapiro: Devoted to lust, the jazz, the Coca-Cola, The lending-library of love's latest. He is the customer
On the "B-side," a small painting in blue inspired by a figure in Piero della Francesca's painting 'The Baptism of Christ'.
The cup is approximately 9 cm tall and 8 cm across (11 cm including the handle). Trimmed flat foot and signed underneath.
