Fresh out of the kiln… a batch of fun colored mugs for another Mugshot Monday!!! Each & every one will be at my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW this weekend!!! Along with a few more… as we’ll be starting out with over a hundred mugs when the doors open Saturday morning!!!

The holiday lights are now “illuminated” with assorted colored slips. Some multicolored, some limited color assortments. Just trying to get them all ready for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… always the weekend before Thanksgiving!

Saturday, November 22nd & Sunday, November 23rd. 10:00am-6:00pm.
Mark your calendars!!!

First step towards color… a band of bright green slip around the top of the holiday mugs. The final green color will be less vibrant, and more “earthy” after the mugs are soda-fired!

Score, slip attach, repeat… repeat… repeat…

Handles attached so I now have a group of new holiday mugs!!!
Cute now, but surely some colored slip accents will really make them festive!

Looks like a Blue Monday… as Allyn & Chris are starting their day with coffee in their favorite new mugs. A great start for another Mugshot Monday!!!

Another batch of mugs in the making… this time with a NEW festive holiday flair!!! A very Limited Edition… hopefully just in time for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW coming soon!!!

A little Fall collection gracing the kitchen table… flowers, fruits & veggies, pumpkins & MUGS!!! Another perfect way to celebrate Mugshot Monday!!! Thanks for sharing your autumnal display Kelly!!!

All handles attached… whew!!!…
another dozen mugs done & ready for drying, firing, glazing & firing again!

Most people hate making handles… pulling them, scoring, slipping & attaching them. I might be one of the few who LOVE making mugs! In fact, if I were only allowed to make one form for the rest of my pottery career… it would be MUGS!!!

All stamped for some fun textural surface decoration. Fun places for the glaze to play with when they eventually get fired… in time for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!!