The last week and a half have been a marathon of mugs. Robot mugs, rowhouse mugs, birthday bug mugs… Experiments with attaching mug handles[1], experiments with mug shapes, experiments with mug foot-to-everything-else ratios…
And last night, a bunch of mugs got loaded in the kiln. Soon I get to see how they turn out!
[1] Vinegar + wiggle? Soooo doesn’t work.[2] Stick with scoring and slipping. Vinegar in slip seems to make nicer slip, though…
[2] On the up side, I now have a bunch of nice clay cups to replace the glass ones I’m giving my brother as a house-warming present.
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My name is Maaike Charron, and I'm a potter in St. John's, Newfoundland. I started fiddling around with pottery in summer 2006, when I was told volunteering in the local clay studio would get me free studio time. I mostly taught myself, spending a lot of time poring over books, magazines and websites, and occasionally pestering the more advanced (but very helpful) potters around me with questions. After about two years, I decided I'd gotten good enough to go into business for myself. This blog, started after my first big craft fair, was created to document the process of becoming a wondrously succesful craftsperson. (Or it will document How Not To Do It. We'll see.)
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A friend recently purchased me one of your ‘Robot with dinosaur’ mugs. It is fantastic. I work at the confederation building and I’ve been rockin’ it around here for the past two days. I’ve recieved about five compliments thus far, and I’m sending them all your way. I love a good mug. Thank you!
Awesome! I’m glad you like it!
i love it so muchh!
http://vickvanlian.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/more-mugs-with…envy-interiors/