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!

After a long rainy spell, it was nice to have a dry morning with a beautifully clouded sunrise. Great colors moving across the sky… as the clouds continued to move in. And it looks like it may just turn into another gray day.

More fortune cookies have been FOUND!!!
It was another great day for hiking & searching…

According to Nicole who shared these photos : “I was looking forward to this hunt all 2025, counting down the days to the New Year. Thank you for doing this, your work is absolutely beautiful. This year was just my husband and I, we really enjoyed the hunt. Here are our treasures & nature shots… the snow was magical today.”

And for now they’re all going back under plastic so they can dry slightly to leatherhard clay. Then it’s trimming & adding of handles… and soon enough, these will become 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…

So many stamps… so many choices! Yes, I do make own stamps!!!
Just a piece of clay with a carved pattern on each end.
Nothing too fancy… just old-school clay stamps!

And so it begins… tonight was the first night of our LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class!!! Their first challenge was to “recreate” two drinking glasses in clay. Matching sizes, proportions, angles, textures & styles. Easier said than done!

Part two was to choose one of their new two cups… which then became their new prototype to make three more to match. Ultimately ending with a matching set of four.

Everyone did pretty good… with many of themselves even impressing themselves. So many cups made in not a lot of time. So much fun with a great group of students… some new “throwdowners” & some repeating for another season of pottery fun!!

Tonight’s pottery class had lots of treats!!! Including Sara’s homemade chocolate chip blondies… yum!!! But also these great OREOs!

I mean, what’s better than an OREO???… a FUDGE-COVERED OREO!!! Even cuter?… one of my students brought them… sent to class by her adorable Mom!!! So thank you Taylor’s Mom for sending us treats. We loved them!!!

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!!!