String Things.

A simple name for these one of a kind designs that are anything but.

Handmade in Chicago by local artist Steve Bines.

Custom work upon request.

Bines started making “String Things” in the early 70’s and sold them at local art fairs such as the Brady Street Art Fair on the east side of Milwaukee. The idea of combining ceramic work with threaded accents began  more than a decade ago when he began working with clay at the Lil Street studios in Chicago.  The forms he works with are built either out of slabs or coil.  The holes for threading are placed while the clay is still wet and protected during the glazing process.