This is what Elly Lonon has to say about pottery and what inspires her:
"I tend to get obsessed with a shape or technique and almost compulsively repeat and expand upon it.
"I'm almost embarrassed to admit how many of those giant silly mushrooms I've created. With both the 'shrooms and the bright bowls, I enjoy the repetitive and meditative practice of carving into the slip. I generally prefer hand building to throwing because I get to spend a little more time with each piece and it somehow feels more intimate. Adding slip to thrown pieces and carving designs allows me to have that same sense of intimacy with a thrown piece."
