These stoneware handmade mugs were thrown on a wheel and textured with rope (the oldest known form of surface decoration on pottery) around the majority of the exterior, the lip left smooth for easy, dribble free drinking. The texture was then painted with a green slip, left to dry, then scraped away to leave the green in the impression and the white clay showing as well. Then I glazed the mugs with a clear glaze, allowing the bright white clay and green to shine. After that I loaded them up into the kiln and fired them up to roughly 2200° F
The mugs stand about 4" high, offering plenty of space to fill with your favorite beverage.
No one needs more work, so it'll be easy living with these dishwasher and microwave safe mugs. And they are definitely safe for your food and drink!
Please understand that the mugs you receive may not be these exact mugs, but I promise they will remain true to the work pictured. Pretty much, you'll enjoy what you receive unless you just really loved the way the handle crested over 1/16" of that line of rope texture. Handmade, ya hear?
Shipping, ugh, what a bummer. It's not just you, I'm not happy about how expensive it is either. USPS, UPS, FedEx, none of them are cheap. What I can offer you is 1) if you convo me your zip code I'll see if I can get a more exact, and hopefully lower, rate 2) if the shipping cost listed is more than $1 difference from the actual, I'll refund the difference 3) I can promise that all shipping materials are used (but clean!) to both keep down costs and help mama earth. I hope this helps!
The mugs are also available as sets of 2, look for the listing in my Etsy shop.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/74943043/2-green-rope-inlay-stoneware-mugs
They're also fun to pair with my blue inlay mugs.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/74942413/2-blue-rope-inlay-stoneware-mugs
See what else I'm offering up in my etsy shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Citybytheseaceramics
Find me elsewhere around the web:
http://www.citybytheseaceramics.com/
http://www.facebook.com/CityByTheSeaCeramicsKarenMahoney
twitter: @cityseaceramics
http://www.etsy.com/shop/citybytheseaceramics
Have any questions?
Contact the shop owner.
