Ontwerpen voor een beker voor een theeservies c. 1874 - 1932

This is a pencil drawing by Mathieu Lauweriks. It's called "Designs for a cup for a tea service." I like how Lauweriks is mapping out the geometry of the cup, trying to get the proportions just right, planning its shape and structure. You can see the process, all the lines that construct the form. He’s thinking about more than just the cup itself, but also about how it relates to the rest of the tea service. It reminds me of the way I work on a painting, layering and revising until it feels complete. It's like a conversation with the medium, a process of trial and error that leads to something new and unexpected. Here's an artist thinking about how objects are related to one another. How architecture and art can come together. That’s the daily stuff. That’s the good stuff.