{"product_id":"sweet-mouth-espresso-cup-collab-with-seiu-yang","title":"Sweet Mouth Espresso Cup Collab  With Seiu Yang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/seiuyang.myportfolio.com\/artist-story\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Seiu Yang Bio- ceramic artist\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSeiu Yang \u003c\/a\u003ewas my first resident artist in Portugal in May of 2025. She's been on a 3 year long residency journey now, traveling from country to country and working from different studios all over the world. You could say she is a professional artist in residence. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was honored that she trusted us to stay for. couple of weeks and bring along two artist friends from Japan, at a time where there was so much uncertainty about our studio and residency house. She brought great perspective, and creative energy. Spending time with her filled me with so much hope for the future of our fledgling residency and retreat programs- she boosted my morale in ways I cannot explain in a short description here, but I am so grateful to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're not familiar with Seiu's art, get ready for a whimsical journey of self exploration through nomadic art making, little spirit ghosties, cheerful colors, and magical lusters. You can\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wanderingmatriarch.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Seiu Yang Substack\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e read more about her journey on her Substack, \u003c\/a\u003eor follow her adventures in real time on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seiustudio\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Seiu Yang Ceramics on Instagram\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eInstagram.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile we were sharing studio time and creative energy, we collaborated on this one of a kind, other worldly espresso cup. It was a bit of back and forth: I threw the cup, she sculpted the details onto it, and then I glazed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's available here as a fundraiser for the community and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.welltraveledwares.com\/blogs\/news\/two-years-in-portugal-and-an-electricity-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eresidency studio's electrical upgrade.  \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach donation amount listed below gives you an entry into the random drawing for this one of a kind, functional work of art, and goes directly towards the cost of upgrading the studio electricity to fire bigger kilns. Shipping to the US is included, but if you win and decide to cover the shipping (so more money goes towards the electricity, let me know).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Well Traveled Wares","offers":[{"title":"1 ticket donation","offer_id":50264093884554,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 tickets donation","offer_id":50264093917322,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 tickets donation","offer_id":50264093950090,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 tickets donation","offer_id":50264093982858,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/0190\/1194\/files\/IMG_6918.jpg?v=1790069541","url":"https:\/\/www.welltraveledwares.com\/products\/sweet-mouth-espresso-cup-collab-with-seiu-yang","provider":"Well Traveled Wares ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}