Comments on: Mugs, Mugs & More Mugs! http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2009/02/mugs-mugs-more-mugs/ A Chicago potter's somewhat slanted view of clay & play Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: carter gillies http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2009/02/mugs-mugs-more-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-103 carter gillies Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:13:29 +0000 http://firewhenreadypottery.com/?p=822#comment-103 Glad you love making mugs. The world needs more quality mugs and yours are a great contribution! It is one of my favorite forms as well, but I can remember back to when they weren't, mostly, as you say, because I feared pulling handles. Why ruin a perfectly good cup with an incompetent handle? I guess as with everything unfamiliar it takes some experience before you can get it to work satisfactorily. At one point, in order to get my students over this fear, I used to start each class lesson with a handle pulling exercise. They often grumbled, but very soon were all able to pull decent handles an no more cups were sacrificed as a result. Thanks for your great blog! Glad you love making mugs. The world needs more quality mugs and yours are a great contribution! It is one of my favorite forms as well, but I can remember back to when they weren’t, mostly, as you say, because I feared pulling handles. Why ruin a perfectly good cup with an incompetent handle? I guess as with everything unfamiliar it takes some experience before you can get it to work satisfactorily. At one point, in order to get my students over this fear, I used to start each class lesson with a handle pulling exercise. They often grumbled, but very soon were all able to pull decent handles an no more cups were sacrificed as a result. Thanks for your great blog!

]]> By: Kelly http://firewhenreadypottery.com/2009/02/mugs-mugs-more-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Kelly Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://firewhenreadypottery.com/?p=822#comment-81 Every single morning, you are a part of the jump start of my day. Lucky me if dear husband has set the timer on the coffee pot, and the aroma is already enticing. Bummer if my mug is still in the unrun dishwasher from the night before. Grumble...grr...Grumble. I'll pull it out and wash it by hand then, careful to rinse all the soapsuds out. Making sure to use extra hot water because it warms the mug so nicely. Pouring that first cup, and it cradles proportionately in my hands. I'm convinced this mug was made just for me. It was, wasn't it? Ahhh. Every single morning, you are a part of the jump start of my day. Lucky me if dear husband has set the timer on the coffee pot, and the aroma is already enticing. Bummer if my mug is still in the unrun dishwasher from the night before.

Grumble…grr…Grumble.

I’ll pull it out and wash it by hand then, careful to rinse all the soapsuds out. Making sure to use extra hot water because it warms the mug so nicely. Pouring that first cup, and it cradles proportionately in my hands. I’m convinced this mug was made just for me. It was, wasn’t it?

Ahhh.

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