Stocking stuffers: Echo Park Pottery’s splattered espresso mugs

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Peter Shire and team design and hand-form these ceramic mugs at his Echo Park studio. The splatter series of mugs were inspired by the paintings of Sam Francis and the ceramic construction techniques of Adrian Saxe.

Echo Park Pottery’s espresso mugs start at $30 and are available at LACMA and the Dream Collective in Silver Lake. Echoparkpottery.com.

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