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Self-taught sculptor Katie Marks has been handcrafting coffee mugs which instead of dangling over your kitchen sink, could easily be placed in the middle of an art gallery.

Inspired by the world around her, Katie crafts these exquisite mugs layer by layer, either glazing breathtaking galaxies on them, or hand forming delicate crystals on the sides. “I love the fact that I can take a lump of dirt and turn it into something unique and beautiful from my brain,” Marks told My Modern Met.

She started her sculpting career after finding a pottery wheel on Craigslist, which she worked without any formal training. This led her to a production potter, where she got a job as a studio assistant and learned everything from glaze chemistry to kiln firing.

But if you want to take your morning coffee out of one of Katie's works, you're gonna have to be quick. Because the forever growing fanbase of her ceramics at her Silver Lining Ceramics Etsy shop is prone to snatch any new creation of hers in mere minutes.

More info: Etsy (h/t)

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Kerri Russ
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO many of these remind me of the landscapes in World of Warcraft. So beautiful!

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Agata Kopka
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can totally see myself poking my eye with the top cristal 😂 beautiful tho...

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Emily Rose
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like all of these, but some would be practically impossible to clean.

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