From Skilled Hands » mugs http://fromskilledhands.com a potter's life Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Mug Shots: Send Me Yours. More Updates http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/07/21/mug-shots-send-me-yours/ http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/07/21/mug-shots-send-me-yours/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:30:09 +0000 fromskilledhands http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=2081 Send me a shot of your favorite mug and I will enter you in a drawing for one of our favorite mugs. (from skilled hands AT Gmail DOT com). I will post the winner on Monday, July 27, 2009.

Here are some mug shots:

“This is one of my favourites – a Royal Alma mug by Staffordshire. I love anything English and stone or potteryware..”

Kat Mortensen

Patti's Mug Shot #1

Patti's Mug Shot #2

“They are big enough for two measured cups of coffee, keep the contents warm, and big enough to warm my hands in the winter (all three weeks of it!). They tend to be the favorite mugs of all the younger folks that come for coffee because of their size.”

Patti Carter

Rudee K's Mug and Shawl Rudee K and her favorite mug.

“Though I have my favorites, any mug will just about do in the morning. This one was given to me by a friend when I resigned from the ICU. I miss Freddie and think about her when I pour a cup of coffee into this mug.”

Rudeek who works nights as a hospice nurse.

Laura's Mug

“Meredith’s Lake Catherine mug, which Mark brought her from Hot Springs, and my local Ashland Coffee and Tea mug Now, I feel like a cuppa coffee …”

Laura

“Here is my favorite mug.”

Mary

“Here is a picture of me with my favourite mug. Not sure how clearly it shows the glories of the mug itself, but it does show just how huge it is and that’s what I love about it most. It holds at least a pint of coffee which is what I need to get me going in the morning, sad but true! Not only does it hold a pint it keeps it hot too for as long, pretty much, as it takes me to drink it, which is a good forty minutes. It has no handle, and doesn’t need one, sitting perfectly in both hands as it does. Ideal for the Scottish climate: it’s a mug and hot water bottle in one! The glaze is a luminous cream with splendid green stripes all around it. Another thing I love about it is that it was hand-thrown by a particularly handsome potter who evidently loved his job. My fingers fit neatly in the ridges that his hands created and thus I feel comfortably connected to its origins.”

Eryl

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]]> http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/07/21/mug-shots-send-me-yours/feed/ 9 Mug Shots http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/07/08/mug-shots/ http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/07/08/mug-shots/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:08:48 +0000 fromskilledhands http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=2037 A mug is a very personal thing. I have 2 that are my current sacred mugs. One for tea or coffee at home, and another at the studio. A good mug needs to fit in the hand. The handle needs to give me the option of holding it in my fist or putting my hand through it as I cradle the cup. It needs to be a good size, and designed to keep my drink warm. It needs to be able to go in the microwave, so I can reheat my drink throughout the day. It needs to come from the heart, through the hands.

Here are some mug shots. What do you look for in a mug?

Blue Mugs at Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH

Hand-crafted mug, still in the kiln, at Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH

Hand-crafted mug, still in the kiln, at Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH.

Hand-crafted mugs, still in the kiln, at Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH.

Hand-crafted porcelain mugs at Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH.

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