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There’s not much to say about this, except this is my favorite type of nightmare. Sometimes I talk a lot of jive about being inspired by 70s cartooning, and then I find something like this and realize I could never made anything so genuinely weird and disconcerting.
The conversation with the Goodwill clerk ended with her saying, “I guess I like it so much because it’s so ugly.”
Absolutely!
This is another large object. There is a lot of clay stuck on here. It is awkward and heavy and I’m taking bets whether the nose or tongue breaks first.
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Allee Willis
This is, of course, klassic kitsch though it’s beyond me how this style of ceramics took off. Soooooo ugly but so very popular.
I had one cup very similar when I was in college. I ended up not using it much as I’m so aware of aesthetics it actually changed the taste of the drink.
I would’ve said the nose would break first until I saw the profile of the cup. It’s a toss up with the tongue.