Mugs With Stand
8″ x 8″ x 3″
Making mugs is a staple for ceramicists. Whether beginners or proficient, whether production potters or one-of-a-kind enthusiasts, whether artists who throw mugs on a wheel or construct them from slabs, all have excelled at cup-making. From the perspective of marketing that is understandable. Year after year as the holiday seasons roll around, mugs are what sell.
I found cup making boring even tedious, that is until I received an email from one of my brother’s grandchildren. He wanted to give his grandparents a surprise gift …something they would really like…something personal to them. He wondered if I had anything he could afford! Even a “dented” piece would be okay.
While I’m not sure what a dented ceramic would look like, I began to think about his request. I found it touching as well as enlivening.
The gift turned out to be the two mugs pictured here. If you look closely you will see the word “Ragtime” embedded near the rim of each cup. That is the name of their sailboat.
My brother and his wife were delighted with the thoughtfulness of their grandchild. The young man is as pleased-as-punch with himself.
Since that time I have enjoyed making unique mugs for others. That is his gift to me.