🎁 Elevate your coffee experience with this handmade pottery cat mug! 🐾 Wheel thrown and hand glazed in Bulgaria, this charming ceramic mug is a unique and funny gift for cat lovers. Choose from two sizes, 200ml or 380ml, both featuring a matte finish in blue, black, grey, and white colors.
🌈 Key Features:
- Capacity: 200ml/6.7oz or 380ml/13oz.
- Dimensions:
--- smaller mug is 3.9in/10cm wide (without the handle) by 4.7in/12cm high;
--- larger mug is 4.2in/11cm wide (without the handle) by 5.2in/13.5cm high.
- Colors: Blue, black, grey, white (Matte finish).
- Food safe, microwave safe, dishwasher safe.
- Perfect for home & kitchen decor.
🌿 Sustainability Matters:
- Handmade with local clay in Bulgaria, Europe.
- Energy-saving kilns for a sustainable production process.
- Small business supporting skilled craftsman Danko with over 20 years of experience.
🎁 Perfect Gift for:
- Christmas.
- Birthdays.
- Any day you want to make special!
As each item is wheel-thrown and hand-painted, subtle variations distinguish each piece, ensuring that you receive a truly one-of-a-kind creation every time.
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Ceramics, one of humanity's earliest industrial pursuits, possesses inherent artistic qualities that transcend its primitive origins. It's recognized as an art form from its nascent stages. The diverse tribes and civilizations that once inhabited the Bulgarian lands have left a profound cultural legacy, evident in the various types of ceramics crafted by Thracians, Romans, Slavs, and Proto-Bulgarians across the ages.
The proximity to the Mediterranean, with its rich cultural tapestry, has significantly influenced Bulgarian craftsmanship. At DankoHandmade, we pay homage to this heritage by infusing tradition with a modern perspective. Each product line boasts a distinctive style and character, yet all carry the essence of comfort and warmth inspired by the Bulgarian landscape.
The Process:
(Explore our shop for other stages of ceramics making)
GLAZING:
Following the bisque firing, the intricate glazing process commences. A blend of ground glass, clays, coloring materials, and water is skillfully applied to the bisque pot using techniques like dipping, pouring, spraying, brushing, or a combination of these. The footring of each piece remains free of glaze, and the pot is placed on a bisque-fired 'cookie' made from stoneware clay. Now, the pot is poised for the glaze firing, bringing it one step closer to its final form.