Handles attached… hybrid mugs assembled. This batch will now get some colored flashing slips before drying. Then onto a bisque kiln, glazing, wadding… and then loading & soda-firing next weekend!

Bottoms trimmed… time to get some handles pulled & attached
to actually turn these “hybrids” into mugs!!!

Textured sides attached… one step closer…
thanks to the “groovy” handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools.
After that they went back on the wheel for a little shaping & refining!

Fresh from the soda kiln… I will be bringing plenty of my “hybrid mugs” to the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR!!! Wheelthrown bottom, handbuilt sides, re-thrown & trimmed on the wheel… back & forth a couple times! Looking forward to seeing everyone on the Pottery Tour!

For more details : www.northernilpotterytour.com

The folks at MKM Pottery Tools just did a really great post about my hybrid mugs
on their Instagram feed. I love their textured handrollers…
and it seems they love my mugs!!! A perfect collaboration!

In case you’re wondering…
this hybrid mug was made with a #BHR-142 Basket Weave handroller.
They have tons of cool patterns… so check ‘em out!!!

Celebrating another Mugshot Monday with some of my newest “hybrid mugs” fresh from my recent soda firing. Hard to believe that art fair season starts in just over a month away… and these mugs will be coming with me!!! First up?… the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival in Memorial Day weekend.

Well, here they are… another quick batch of hybrid mugs!
Drying overnight on a slightly elevated plastic grid hoping they dry faster…
as I’m hoping to get them into a bisque kiln tomorrow!!!
The sooner the better as I need them out with time to glaze & wad
for next weekend’s soda kiln firing!!!

Adding some color with flashing slips that will react in the soda kiln when these get fired next weekend! Wouldn’t know it now… but these “should” turn orange! Fingers crossed…

Handles on! We now have another batch of “hybrid mugs”… a combination of wheelthrown & handbuilding techniques. Next up… some flashing slips to add some color that will be enhanced during the soda-firing process next weekend.

Each one a different pattern… a different texture… a different hybrid mug in the making!
Thanks to a wide assortment of texture handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools!