Painting Our Story on a Flower Pot

A few years ago, my friend Edu had a very large flower pot from a plant that had died, and I came up with the great idea of painting it. We spent some time thinking about what I could do, and I decided to draw our group of friends along with things we had experienced together.

So I made a sketch where, at the bottom of the pot, we would appear standing in a row, and above us there would be small drawings of shared experiences and memories. I divided them into sections:

• Iconic group meals (a burnt paella, some terrible patatas bravas, raclette, etc.).

• Video games we had played together like Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Overcooked, SpeedRunners, and others.

• Unforgettable moments, like when we accidentally set a barbecue on fire, or when we stayed at a country house where a possessed doll kept appearing all over the place (Stefannie, we love you), among others.

• The last scene… can be interpreted in many ways.

The next step was to digitize it, just because I wanted to test the colors, even though it really wasn’t necessary.

And here I am in the process of painting the pot.

And finally, the result!

It turned out sooo good and it’s a memory for life. We also planted a cherry tree and buried a box underneath it with our wishes inside (very mystical, I know).

Could I commercialize this idea and make personalized pots for other groups of friends? Of course. Do I feel like it? Not really. It was a lot of work, honestly.