Illustrated Ladies Find Their Place on Stylish Ceramic Mugs and Planters

Some­times, an illus­tra­tion real­ly shines when it finds its right for­mat. Miri Oren­stein found this out when tak­ing her work from 2D to 3D. Her black and white ceram­ics fea­ture strik­ing por­traits of women which appear both on mugs as bowls as well as small sculp­tures. Mak­ing this shift changed how she thought about her work.

“For years I have been paint­ing and illus­trat­ing wom­en’s char­ac­ters, usu­al­ly with­out a ful­fill­ing pur­pose,” she explains. “After mov­ing to NYC from Israel, I began to take pot­tery lessons. I instant­ly fell in love with the process and the abil­i­ty to make my own prod­uct from start to finish.”

Mir­i’s pieces rep­re­sent her “women” with a pur­pose. “Each one has a char­ac­ter, per­son­al­i­ty, and voice of her own. They adorn func­tion­al or dec­o­ra­tive items that will bright­en your day.”

You can buy Mir­i’s work in her online shop. Fol­low her work in progress on Insta­gram.