Pondering Planters Are Ceramic Portraits Only Complete with Wild Plant Hairdos

One of my favorite things to col­lect is ceram­ics. (I’ve got an obses­sion with planters.) So, imag­ine my excite­ment when I saw that Kim­ber­lie Wong, an illus­tra­tor whose dig­i­tal art I’ve pre­vi­ous­ly swooned over, start­ed mak­ing things with clay. She is one part of Two Hold Stu­dios with Alexan­der Clinthorne.

Togeth­er, Kim­ber­lie and Alexan­der “work to each oth­er’s strengths” and pro­duce hand-pinched/­hand paint­ed items. Each is one of a kind; some of my favorites are the “pon­der­ing planters,” which fea­tures a fig­u­ra­tive por­trait whose hand rests on their chin. The top of their head is open for you to put suc­cu­lents or air plants. Depend­ing on what flo­ra, they can have a rotat­ing hair­do. And thanks to their sur­face treat­ment, the lines on each piece have a beau­ti­ful, hand-drawn pen­cil qual­i­ty to them. They feel like one of Kim­ber­lie’s sketch­es or paintings.

I ~treat­ed myself~ to one of their pon­der­ing planters and a mug. They have more ceram­ic pieces avail­able in their Tic­tail store.