Piggy is a series of ceramic slipcasted hammer-shaped piggy banks made from glazed stoneware. The process of slipcasting entails that the object would be made of hollow ceramic, and it occured to me that if I put a coin slot on any hollow ceramic form, it becomes a piggy bank. My assignment was to create one object that performs two functions, so I thought it would be interesting to take the concept of a piggy bank for storing money, and to combine it with an object that would break if it was used, which led me to the hammer. I wanted the shape to be immediately recognizable as a hammer, but still contemporary, so rather than using a classic, simple hammer shape, I instead used a modern Milwaukee 21 ounce claw hammer. This supplemented the design with the company’s embossed logo and cautionary symbols, as well as all of the textured grips characteristic of an industrially- produced, 21st century hammer, highlighting the advantages of slipcasting as the method of production by creating a ceramic shape that would be difficult or impossible to reproduce by hand. I also used a pour spout in the shape of a rectangular coin slot at the top, so the hole would be directly made in the mold without having to cut it out afterwards. Lastly, I wanted to evoke the imagery of a piggy bank with something additional to the coin slot, so I glazed it with Pink Icing cone 6 glaze to have the classic pink coloring of a piggy bank. I made a total of three casts from this mold -- one normal cast, one bent into an S-curve, and one bent into a circle. One object, two functions: the piggy bank holds your money, and the hammer gets it out.