Mug for Loved Ones, Mother's Day Mug, Wheel Thrown Hand Painted Stoneware, Unique Artistic Pottery, Teacup, Mother's Day Gift, Danko Pottery

Wheel thrown and hand painted stoneware mug with subtle blue heart-shaped flowers.
Elegant, yet durable pottery.

Made of fine stoneware.
Food safe, microwave safe, dishwasher safe.

Measuring:
Capacity: a little bit over 200ml/6.7oz.
3.6in/9.5cm wide, 3in/8cm high.

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Birthday party, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or just any day of the week - great occasions to give this coffee cup to a friend, a girl, a co-worker, a kid, or to yourself.

Stoneware is a nonporous, nontranslucent pottery, that is fired at a high temperature. It is hard enough to resist scratching, but differs from porcelain, because it is more opaque.
In DankoHandmade we fire stoneware pottery twice to produce a better quality glaze finish. Bisque firing is around 900 °C, and glost firing (the firing used to form the glaze over the ware) - 1180–1280 °C. Water absorption of stoneware products is less than 1 percent, which makes them safe to use in a dishwasher even with intensive programmes.

Since the cups are hand thrown, each of them is more or less different from the others, which means that you are always getting a unique one.

Pottery and ceramics have been an important part of human culture for thousands of years. From prehistoric storage jars to tiles on the space shuttles, pottery and ceramics have played a key role in innumerable human endeavors.

The Process:
(Explore our shop for other stages of ceramics making)

BISQUE FIRING
After a clay piece has dried to greenware it is loaded into the kiln for the first of two firings. It is to approximately 1800 degrees F (980 degrees C). This hardens the ware making it easier to handle without breaking during the glazing process. Clay fired at this temperature still retains its porosity. The porosity of a material refers to its ability to absorb liquids. The water in the glaze is absorbed by the porous bisque ware, and the glassy materials in the glaze are left deposited on the surface. So, the bisque process is simply done to make glazing easier. The bisque firing starts when the kiln is loaded with the dry greenware and is programmed to slowly warm. Firing too fast during this early stage can easily cause the work to explode! Next, the kiln is gradually turned higher and the temperature rises until the target temperature is reached. The kiln is then turned off and allowed to slowly cool. In the end, the kiln is opened, and the bisque ware is removed, ready for glazing.