So tonight during class, I trimmed my demo mugs & put them back under plastic while I did my handle-pulling demo. As I was getting ready for the attachment demo… someone (me) “might have” knocked over my bag of clay & it landed on one of my trimmed cylinders! Great demo, huh?!!! Actually it was good for them to see… things happen… it’s just clay!!!

I was going to call it quits and reclaim it. But thanks to Andrew’s encouragement, I “resurrected it” with a little ball of clay to keep it sitting level. Not ideal… but it might be funny… or it might lead us to something new?! So it has a handle now… it survived class… for now anyways ?!

Tonight was “Mug Night” with my beginning wheel class. First they learned how to trim their cylinders from last week. Then the pulled handles the traditional way. We let them set-up a bit & then they attached their handles… thus creating their first mugs of the session!!!

Pretty impressive for only their second class of the session!!!

Handles attached… we now “officially” have mugs!!!

I’m a firm believer that by definition a “mug” needs a handle!
While some of my students might try to convince me otherwise… I’m not buyin’ it!!!

Another day pulling handles & making mugs!!!
My favorite thing to make… MUGS!

Been stamping some mug cylinders this morning. Adding some textures & patterns to the sides. Pressing in each stamp one by one… by one… by one…

My first 10×10 CHALLENGE of the New Year! And starting with my favorite thing to make… MUGS of course!!! More than ten thrown before 10:00am! Giddy-up!!!

Kickin’ it off with my first Mugshot Monday of the NEW YEAR!!!
All the way from Nova Scotia where this one landed to live with the rest of Shannon’s mug collection! Looking great out in the Canadian Wilderness!

While the Elves might not be “Elfin’ on the Shelfin” anymore… they are enjoying a cozy night inside. As we get more snow tonight, looks like Eric’s elf is enjoying a warm cup… and his puppy is enjoying the fireplace! Both smart choices. Thanks for sharing Eric!

Looks like there was some yummy Christmas morning brunch happening down in central Illinois yesterday. Yummy monkey bread with fruit & coffee… all in some fun holiday pottery!!! Thanks for sharing your morning moments with us Allyn!

So excited that this recent shipment of mugs made it safely to North Carolina… just in time for Mugshot Monday! And even better… it looks like they already have a shelf of their own to show them off!!! Thanks Gwynne for sharing your collection… that went from one mug to seven in a blink!