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Our kiln room is filled with many treasures. On any given day, you might come across a\u00a0 colorful garden gnome, a lovingly sculpted dog bowl, or a soon-to-be Christmas tree\u00a0 ornament. It\u2019s not often, however, that we find the makings of a marriage proposal on the\u00a0 shelves (or, at least, nothing so clearly intended for such a purpose).<\/p>\nSo we knew we had a story to track down when we spied a small ring dish on the crowded kiln room shelves this past fall stamped with the question, \u201cMarry Me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Our ceramics director managed to track down the artist in roughly ten minutes \u2013 an impressive feat given all he had to go by were the initials \u201cB.W.\u201d inscribed on the bottom of the dish. His sleuthing led us to ceramics student Britt Walsh, who had been taking classes here at Spruill for about 2 \u00bd years. With the artist\u2019s identity secured, we set about arranging a conversation.<\/p>\n
Britt, who (spoiler alert) is now happily engaged, created this ring dish at the request of her\u00a0 soon-to-be fianc\u00e9e Zoe, whom she met a few years prior at a cat caf\u00e9 in Grant Park.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe\u2019s very anxious. She does not want to lose things,\u201d Britt said about her fianc\u00e9e, who\u00a0 had asked for a dedicated dish to keep her future engagement ring in while not wearing it.<\/p>\n
Britt took Zoe\u2019s request a step further and decided to create a proposal-themed ring dish\u00a0 that could be integrated into the big moment itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have these really fantastic little tiny stamps, like letter stamps, and that’s how I did the \u201cMarry Me?\u2019\u201d Britt said. \u201cAnd I was prepared to do it as many times as necessary until it turned out perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n
To make the letters stand out, Britt filled them in with black underglaze before glazing the entire piece in a \u201cgreenish blueish celadon,\u201d which she said is the only glaze transparent enough not to cover up the letters entirely (the color was also chosen to match Britt\u2019s and Zoe\u2019s engagement rings, which each boast a beautiful green stone). Britt\u00a0 also stamped onto the dish a tiny acorn detail \u2013 which she uses frequently as part of her\u00a0 signature.<\/p>\n
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Finished ring dish in hand, Britt proposed after ceramics class on a Friday morning. Rather than puzzle through how to smoothly pull the dish from her pocket (while keeping the ring perfectly in position on top of it), Britt presented it to her fianc\u00e9e a few moments after popping the big question (to which the answer was \u201cyes,\u201d by the way!).<\/p>\n
Though they haven\u2019t officially set a wedding date, Britt and Zoe plan to get married next March somewhere around Atlanta \u2013 ideally in an outdoor setting, Britt told me. We can\u2019t wait to see the photos![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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