I appreciate the form that Sanam Emami creates with these two cups. The simplicity allows for her surface treatments to speak for themselves. Additionally, this shape is ideal for placement of handles. In my own work I found difficulty with round cups in combination with the handle. The outward slanted line that Emami utilizes is more user friendly for holding the cup.
This mug by Eric Rempe is a unique form and surface treatment. It is an example of throwing and alteration techniques. He fired it in a gas kiln. I am drawn to the shape that hi has created in combination with the color treatments.
This is a cup by Paul McCoy, and I am referencing it because his surface treatments are incredible. He is a ceramics professor at Baylor University, and in my research I found that his work is wood and salt fired. Much of his work has reductive techniques that add texture to the peices. It was though researching this type of surface treatment that I found inspiration for the surface treatment for my own work. The additive and reductive techniques brought intersting results in Paul's work and this is a process that I will continnue to explore myself. I personally enjoy the simplicity in his forms because this allows the surface treatment to become the focus of the peice. 
This is a vase also by Paul McCoy, and again we see evidence of additive and reductive techniques. The nuetral tones in his surface treatment are also applicable to the concepts that I have been working with this quarter.
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