Another batch of stamped mugs finished & drying. Unfortunately these won’t be done in time for MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOW coming soon… but I am starting to wonder if we might need a mug intervention here?!!!

Just a couple quick mug-shots from my most recent soda kiln. Doing a little cleaning, pricing & prepping for MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… where I’ll have over a hundred mugs on the shelves when we start!!! We’re going to be socially-distant, fully masked-up & safe with limited access through appointments & sanitizing measures. I know these are crazy times… but if you find pottery shopping “essential,” please check out my website to sign-up for an appointment time.

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Another mug making someone’s morning a little bit better…
making it another Mugshot Monday! Looks like a great way to start. Although I will admit that I don’t drink coffee or tea… but I am totally intrigued by the “whipped” honey??? Who knew that was a thing???

I love seeing my pottery shown off in other people’s homes!
Like this where Betsy is showing off her wonderful mug collection…
with the addition of her two newest mugs!

Seems like a perfect reason to celebrate with a MUGSHOT MONDAY!
And thank you Betsy for sharing your photos!

With the stamps all cleaned off, I just added a liner glaze to the mugs. Since these are going into the soda kiln this weekend, they don’t really need any more glaze on the outside. The mixture of soda ash & soda bicarbonate that I add into the soda kiln towards the end of the firing will “magically” create a kind of glazed finish on all of the mugs! I still need to clean up the edges on the rims… but we’re getting there! Might be done for the night though… as it’s time to head downstairs to teach class!!!

By wiping the top surface of the mug, the tenmoku glaze stays only in the indented impressions. Sure, it might be labor-intensive… but I really think it makes a HUGE difference to the stamped details!

Painted some tenmoku glaze into the stamped impressions on the mugs. Adding some dark accents in the stamps will really help them “pop” more after they go through the soda firing process! Now I need to clean them off!

Celebrating MUGSHOT MONDAY with just “a couple” mugs! I’ve got a bit of glazing to tackle today. My soda kiln is scheduled for this weekend… so the deadline is coming quick and I’m just starting to glaze!!! Gotta stay focused… and get my glaze on!!!

Celebrating a very chilly MUGSHOT MONDAY here in Chicago with another mug with very autumnal colors! Perfect… as orange is my favorite color!!!

And for now this batch of mugs is done. Slowly drying for my next bisque firing… working towards my next soda kiln just a couple weeks away!