Hand made leafy mug with toadstools protruding from the front buying and pebble glaze, beige mug, toadstool mug, mushroom mug, amanita muscaria art

This is a hand made, one of a kind piece of ceramic art.
The mug in the pictures is the one you will receive. This one is quite curvy.. It also has lots of extra leaves, which take a long time to make!

I hand make small batches of pottery in my tiny back garden studio - a few items a week. These are unique, one of a kind pieces of home made art and are usually wonky, blobby, irregular shaped and heavily textured because I love using too much glaze!

This one is a curvier style with a splotchy beige pebble glaze! You have to cherish the irregularities!

I made the initial mug shape in my back garden studio using chocolate brown earthenware slip, then fettled it as it dried slightly, then I added the hand sculpted vines, leaves and toadstools by hand. It was left to dry for a few days, then bisque fired for 24 hours. After cooling, I hand painted it in beachy pebble tones with red and white amanita muscaria toadstools. The glazes are high quality Botz glazes with a transparent top coat to make it waterproof (the base is unglazed). It was then returned to the kiln for a further day.

This mug would make a lovely present for someone who likes nature or mushroom foraging or who is fascinated by toadstools (as I am). It was inspired by the lovely woods of Aspley Guise where I previously lived and the beautiful woods of Dorset (where my partner now lives). I love the flyagaric amanita toadstools best because their red and white beauty shines through the leaves and fascinates everyone who passes them. And they were the toadstools of fairies and elves when I was growing up.

Although it is mug shaped and you could drink out of it, I think it is better used as an ornament due to the fragile mushrooms buying on the front and the vines wound around the handle. It is not really made to drink tea or coffee out of, but you could - however, it is definitely not suitable for the dishwasher or scrubbing in the sink - the toadstools are all delicate and hand sculpted and would soon snap off it over used. It is made to be put on a shelf or windowsill, to catch the light or hold flowers / buds.

This item is entirely hand made using sustainable UK resources.
It will arrive in a nice box with sustainable packaging - usually shredded paper or sheets of coloured tissue - sometimes it is recycled bubble wrap if I've had a delivery of some glazes - I'd rather re-purpose the bubble wrap than throw it away.
Also the 9th anniversary is celebrated with ceramics... just saying... x

Made with love,
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