Table Manners discusses the reality of food production, gluttony and ignorant consumption within the Western world, through a grotesque and playful lens, using the medium of ceramics. By using horror, the abject and the grotesque, I pose questions that may not be asked directly under “normal” circumstances, as can be too difficult to digest. This paper explores a side of consumption and excess most of us would prefer to ignore and like to pretend it doesn't exist.