Plum handbuilt cup with soft coil-like bands and a crumbly rim, standing on cracked dry ground, piece 1636 of A Penny For Your Pottery.

A tapered plum cup ringed with soft coil-like bands, its rim crumbling like a sandcastle’s, photographed outdoors on cracked orange earth. The bands stay soft rather than crisp, so they live here in prose; the hand-building is unmistakable either way.

What made the rings? Bands of clay built up the wall and their seams still show softly — clear enough to see, too soft to certify. Piece 1,636 of 10,000, listed at $16.36.

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