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.

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!

Time for a textured slab … thanks to the great handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools!
Great designs always with clean & crisp edges! Love ‘em!!!

Celebrating a little Texture Tuesday with layers of paint, rust & who knows what else???…
love it … plus, orange is my favorite color!!!

Same stamp on a large platter! More surface to decorate means more impressions! A larger platter with one stamp… pressed in one by one by one… over & over & over again!!!

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…

Pulling out some of my favorite textured handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools!
Making slabs… making sides for another batch of hybrid mugs!!!

Over my last two art fairs, I’ve had a lot of people asking about the hybrid mugs that I showed making a few weeks back… the ones using my new handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools with the coneflower pattern. Unfortunately, they haven’t made it through the soda firing yet. But with so many people asking… I think I need to make MORE hybrid mugs! This time ALL with coneflowers!!!

Another bonus to hanging out in rural farmlands… WEATHERED BARN BOARDS! Love all the textures & washed-out coolness of Anne’s little barn in back. A little photo shoot in between our artist dinner & a cool sunset!!! C’mon out this weekend for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR… for pottery & weathered wood!!!

Just stamping another large dinner plate… all with one handmade clay stamp!