Anyone who knows me knows about the little piggies, and how much I love them. You also know how much I love the client who sells them, Cúrate!
They have featured the piggies, and me, on their current blog in a lovely and detailed chronicle of the pig-making process, which you can get to by clicking on their name above or the images below, reprinted with their permission.
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| A pig holding toothpicks for tapas dinner at Cúrate. Photo courtesy of Instagram. |
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| Lori Theriault with Cúrate pig toothpick holders. |
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| Lori throws the pig bodies on her pottery wheel. |
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| Pig bodies, air-drying. |
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| Pig legs and ears are attached by hand. |
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| Pigs drying before their first kiln firing. |
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| Lori saves space in the kiln by firing pigs inside mugs. |
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| Lori's assistant Tamsen, aka 'Exec. VP of Porcine Affairs', applies iron oxide to the pigs. |
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| Pigs loaded in for the second firing, the "sauna after the mud bath". |
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| The finished product! Each pig is unique. |
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| Pigs are boxed up, ready to travel to Cúrate and beyond! |
