Category: commissions

A special commission

Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 by DBLisa

One of my sons asked me to make him a beer flight set. While this isn’t something I’m planning on adding to my repertoire, I liked the challenge and of course, it was my son asking…

So I spent a bit of time thinking through what would work and ultimately decided to slab build the tray and throw the mugs on the wheel.

The cups needed some way to be stabilized on the tray, so I threw an extra cylinder and cut it into rings at the base of the tray that the cups would sit in. I’m not sure I got the shrinkage completely right and there’s a good chance the tray will crack in the kiln. (Large flat items are the worst!).

If I have to, I’ll remake the tray. I quite like the simplicity of the cups.

Acorn Mug

Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 by DBLisa

I typically don’t take commissions, but I was approached by someone on Mastodon to create mugs that were in the shape of acorns. That felt like something in my wheelhouse (pun intended!) so I said I’d give it a go.

sketch for acorn mug — initial sketch for project

After spending a little time sketching out some possibilities, I needed to get to the wheel and create something I could examine and interact with.

I ended up with this odd shape that I thought I could refine in the trimming stage.

trimmed, textured clay mugs — Trimmed & textured mug prototypes

I’m still not sure I like this iteration – it may be that the ‘cap’ shape will create weird liquid flow when drinking from it. Which is why I test a design. If this one doesn’t pan out, I have other ideas to try next.