Hand-painted floral pattern on a ceramic jug by Koa Joy Hood

Bold color and pattern, brushed by hand onto bowls and jugs thrown one at a time.

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About the Artist

Koa Joy Hood paints directly onto thrown stoneware — bowls, jugs and pitchers that carry pattern the way a canvas never could, curving color around a form you hold in two hands.

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Detail shot of glaze and brushwork on ceramic by Koa Joy Hood

“Every jug starts on the wheel and finishes with a brush — the clay decides the shape, the glaze decides the mood.”

Koa Joy Hood