108 Cups - A Journal

108 cups in 108 days After a series of tragedies, illness and misunderstandings, Ceramic Artist Pam Gray decided to stop everything and focus on healing by reconnecting with nature and herself. Taking her extensive knowledge of yoga and meditation, and combining it with the seemingly simple act of creating small, yet functional ceramic cups, she transformed her daily practice into artistic expression. This book documents each cup and the brief thoughts, mantras and verses that came to her as she shaped them.

About the Author :
Pammy Gray is a ceramics artist, yoga instructor and writer living in the Perth hills, Western Australia. She draws upon nature in mindful moments as her biggest inspiration, spending many a day floating in her local rivers, hiking and foraging. From her youth, Pammy has always had a strong passion for the environment. She was an activist and taught courses for families in adopting practical permaculture. After being diagnosed with Endometriosis, she turned to the natural world and the relationship between art and science for emotional healing. Pammy created studies of Australian plants, fungi and seaweeds. This combined field studies and microscopy with watercolour, lino printing and ceramic art in the hope of encouraging people back to the natural world.Through this work, Pammy's interest in ceramics grew. Drawing on her years of experience as a qualified yoga teacher, She committed to almost 4 months of Sadhana, where she would practice daily yoga and mala meditations of 108 breath rotations, while forming a ceramic cup, and keeping a daily journal of mantra, poems and musings. She found great comfort through the 108 cups practice, leading her to both physical and emotional healing, a renewed gratitude for Sadhana, as well as a powerful need to create with clay.As she journeyed on with ceramics, she became more aware of her connection to land with every day she had her hands in clay. This led her towards foraging and processing her own wild clay in her works, creating an immutable bond with the hills and rivers she loves.Pammy believes it is important for her to depict the humanity in the art she now creates, leaving behind the technological conveniences of electric throwing wheels and over glazing. She now hand builds her pieces, seeking to expose the true nature of the forms and the clay, allowing them to look as if they have been born of the earth, instead of machine manufactured. Simon Gray is a creative business professional specialising in Graphic Design, Corporate Identity & Brand Development, Marketing and Analytics.Combining over 25 years experience in product design, development, sales and marketing with a strong understanding of creative solutions and technology, Simon has a proven track record for delivering high quality level results under tight budget constraints.