Why in this world would you buy clay, turn it on a wheel, fire and glaze it, just to make a coffee-mug?
Yeah, it'd be easier to go to a shop and buy a mug, maybe with something banal like "Worlds Greatest Dad" or Darth Vader printed on it
But making your own, you learn something. You apply effort. You apply intelligence. You apply your sense of aesthetics. You work through trial and error. You refine your technique. You spend time.
In the end, you've constructed something that is meaningful, and not disposable. Something that you understand, and something that reflects yourself. How much more value would that be as a gift? Or even just as a "because I could"?
This project is that. I'd hire that artist over you in a heartbeat because the artist understands something, worked through it, and applied themselves.
Yeah, it'd be easier to go to a shop and buy a mug, maybe with something banal like "Worlds Greatest Dad" or Darth Vader printed on it
But making your own, you learn something. You apply effort. You apply intelligence. You apply your sense of aesthetics. You work through trial and error. You refine your technique. You spend time.
In the end, you've constructed something that is meaningful, and not disposable. Something that you understand, and something that reflects yourself. How much more value would that be as a gift? Or even just as a "because I could"?
This project is that. I'd hire that artist over you in a heartbeat because the artist understands something, worked through it, and applied themselves.