Finished Honeycomb Mug

[mafief]

The mug survived the firing and I haven’t broken it yet! Go me. :)





I am beyond pleased. One of my favorite parts is getting the pieces back. I have an idea of what I want, but clay and glazes does whatever it wants and the outcome is a surprise. My mom stained the outside in a dark chocolate and the inside glaze is a really light tan with darker tones throughout. The pics do not do the inside glaze justice. It is really subtitle. The bee body on the handle could have been a touch darker, but I’m still liking it.

Drinking from a hexagon is an adventure. I just need to drink from one of the points and I don’t get covered in liquid. Drinking from a point doesn’t bother me at all, so I’m still happy. We’ve made squareish ones before, so it’s sort of like that. It’s a little on the small end and fits just about 6 oz; it could have been a touch bigger. The handle feels great and I’m very happy I spent the extra time to smooth the edges. The etching on the mug feels perfect when I rub my fingers over it.


Another glamour shot, because why not?


So here is my writing tribute mug series thus far. I haven’t decided if I like the black or brown stain better for writing. I don’t think black would have been right for the honeycomb mug, and I don’t think brown would have worked for the parchment mug.


There will be more in this series as well as me trying out sgraffito mushroom design (similar to this). My mom and I are working on another mug design and it needs help.

These were our first attempts and they just are wonky and aren’t right for the carving I want to do. More fun to figure out!

Comments

[mightymads]

The mug looks great!

[mafief]

Thanks :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yea! I am so glad to see the final result. That looks fabulous! Really, really well done. I love that you have a collection of them now.

[mafief]

I love how it all came together. This mug design is addicting. I have a few more planned. Lol, now where to house them all. :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ah, you'll be moving on to shelf/cabinet-making soon! :)

[mafief]

Lol, I can see it now! "Dear husband, I would like to next focus on shelf making. I need a bandsaw (or whatever that's called)". :D

We end up feeding our mug making need by giving some away to friends and family. It helps keep down the number of mugs to house while we enjoy giving something personal to others.

[smallhobbit]

That mug is absolutely awesome - you should be very proud of it. I do like the honeycomb too.

[mafief]

I totally am.
Even the pottery teacher took a pic of the mug. She only does that with really good pieces. Yah... still working my head through that one.

[scfrankles]

Drinking from a hexagon is an adventure. I just need to drink from one of the points and I don’t get covered in liquid. Never even thought about that ^__^

The mug looks gorgeous. The letters, the honeycomb pattern, the colours and shape - they all seem to go perfectly together. No wonder you're so pleased ^___^

[mafief]

Lol, mindful drinking is entertaining. ;) Might not be the best mug when I'm wearing nice clothes.

I was a little unsure how it would look together. My mom's never worked with that glaze, and I was a little concerned. But, it worked out. Very excited. :)

[debriswoman]

This is really well done and looks wonderful:-)

[mafief]

Thank you. I’m enjoying this design a lot.

[003_5]

it looks awesome!

[mafief]

Thank you. :)