Handles attached… they are now “officially“ mugs! Hybrid mugs both wheelthrown & handbuilt. Using both techniques throughout the process. Just need to add some colored flashing slip tomorrow & then they can start drying.

It’s been a productive afternoon… and now I’m adding pulled handles to the hybrid mugs. Score, slip, attach, repeat… repeat… repeat…

Trimming the bottoms on my newest batch of hybrid mugs. The bottoms are wheelthrown, the sides are handbuilt, and then shaped & finished in the wheel. Back & forth… and back & forth. You know I love trimming… AND a nice clean footring!

Just finished trimming this batch of mugs. Next up?… pulling & adding handles to make them truly mugs!!! Because I’m a firm believer that a mug must have a handle! Otherwise it’s just a cup!!!

Here we go again… another batch of “hybrid mugs” just starting up!!!

It was a very productive evening in the studio. Lots of stamping, trimming & finishing. I had a lot of oval vases, class demo bowls & summer camp demos to attend to. Luckily, I got them all done… and now they’re drying!

More than ten pieces thrown before 10:00am.
This time it was continuing with the “ Christmas In July” theme…
with a bunch of wheelthrown ornaments!

More “hybrid mugs”… with bottoms thrown on the wheel, textured slabs attached by hand, then back on the wheel for shaping & refining. And then today… back on the wheel yet again for a nicely trimmed bottom with a sharp-looking footring!!! Handles coming soon…

Textured slabs attached… another batch of hybrid mugs well under way. Next up… trimming & handles. Thanks again to my assortment of handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools for the fun textures & patterns!

More than ten pieces thrown before 10:00am!
Starting out with some simple “bottoms”… hope to be adding the sides later today!!!