Ø 8.5” x 3” h.
There’s an iconic scene in Batman Begins—the first of Christopher' Nolan’s trilogy starring Christian Bale—where Bruce, intrigued by a errant bat in his study, finds his way to the caves beneath Wayne manor. The moment that Bruce succumbs to the bats as they begin to swarm around him (in what is also widely considered as an early triumph of CGI magic and should perhaps now have always served as a cautionary tale of the swarming power of AI) is profound; at once we see Bruce concealed in the swarm but dually revealed as his truest self. As he discovers this creature that he takes as his symbol, he begins to claim his own true identity in his lifelong, mythological quest to save Gotham (and perhaps himself in the process).
I try to limit the times in the day that I go downstairs to the Slush Club laboratory; we attempt as much as possible to keep the space sacrosanct from the daily routines of our life upstairs. But when I saw this pattern—formed from miniaturized extrusions of a cloned bat swarming in tight hexagons across an active surface within a cavelike edge which, for aficionados, is actually an aggregate made from the shavings of nerikomi pieces prior to firing—on the rack of just-finished pieces ready for inventory, all I could envision was that poignant scene from the film.
Was Shannon now (and perhaps always) our de facto Bruce Wayne? Is she haunted, consumed and empowered by these bats? Does she portray or envision herself as a civic guardian consumed by an insatiable desire for revenge and justice, now both reclusive and effusive? Do we have a space in Fircrest like an underground cave that she explores, follows her destiny, and emerges from transformed?
Maybe.
Perhaps like a young Bruce Wayne who presumably grew up exploring those very same grounds that later framed his persona, perhaps the cave only reveals itself to those in need; those who are truly ready to see themselves in a moment of crisis, ascendancy, or questioning of self.
This is the Slush Club studio as sanctum sanctorum we’ve always envisioned: hidden behind a waterfall, mired in mystery, a fortified alcove from which we emerge to combat the perils of our world. It is from this zone that she is perhaps summoning the darkness, becoming her truest and perhaps most concealed self, pushing technology into service for a mission that we can only begin to unpack. Perhaps—like Shannon or Christian—we can all be Batman when called upon or when the need truly arises.
That being said, unfortunately this bowl is made in an extremely limited edition. One is available here and some other versions available soon (a few mugs available in shop now). Stoneware with clear glaze interior and unfinished outer surface & edge. Food-safe and dishwasher-friendly.
Ø 8.5” x 3” h.
There’s an iconic scene in Batman Begins—the first of Christopher' Nolan’s trilogy starring Christian Bale—where Bruce, intrigued by a errant bat in his study, finds his way to the caves beneath Wayne manor. The moment that Bruce succumbs to the bats as they begin to swarm around him (in what is also widely considered as an early triumph of CGI magic and should perhaps now have always served as a cautionary tale of the swarming power of AI) is profound; at once we see Bruce concealed in the swarm but dually revealed as his truest self. As he discovers this creature that he takes as his symbol, he begins to claim his own true identity in his lifelong, mythological quest to save Gotham (and perhaps himself in the process).
I try to limit the times in the day that I go downstairs to the Slush Club laboratory; we attempt as much as possible to keep the space sacrosanct from the daily routines of our life upstairs. But when I saw this pattern—formed from miniaturized extrusions of a cloned bat swarming in tight hexagons across an active surface within a cavelike edge which, for aficionados, is actually an aggregate made from the shavings of nerikomi pieces prior to firing—on the rack of just-finished pieces ready for inventory, all I could envision was that poignant scene from the film.
Was Shannon now (and perhaps always) our de facto Bruce Wayne? Is she haunted, consumed and empowered by these bats? Does she portray or envision herself as a civic guardian consumed by an insatiable desire for revenge and justice, now both reclusive and effusive? Do we have a space in Fircrest like an underground cave that she explores, follows her destiny, and emerges from transformed?
Maybe.
Perhaps like a young Bruce Wayne who presumably grew up exploring those very same grounds that later framed his persona, perhaps the cave only reveals itself to those in need; those who are truly ready to see themselves in a moment of crisis, ascendancy, or questioning of self.
This is the Slush Club studio as sanctum sanctorum we’ve always envisioned: hidden behind a waterfall, mired in mystery, a fortified alcove from which we emerge to combat the perils of our world. It is from this zone that she is perhaps summoning the darkness, becoming her truest and perhaps most concealed self, pushing technology into service for a mission that we can only begin to unpack. Perhaps—like Shannon or Christian—we can all be Batman when called upon or when the need truly arises.
That being said, unfortunately this bowl is made in an extremely limited edition. One is available here and some other versions available soon (a few mugs available in shop now). Stoneware with clear glaze interior and unfinished outer surface & edge. Food-safe and dishwasher-friendly.
