M14 Garden Mug

This beautiful mug is handcrafted by me on my  wheel in a Medium Dark Speckled Clay.  When this  Mug was at its Leather Hard Stage (before its first firing of  1,800 degrees), I dipped the outside of the mug into  a white stoneware clay that prepared the Mug’s surface for me to  reveal the darker clay beneath. I carved a field of flowers so that the glaze breaks over these flowers to show that toasty brown  clay.  ( If you look closely on the bottom of the  mug you will see the white stoneware peeking through ).   There is a butterfly hiding in the field that the glaze  has almost covered up as it fills the wings. If you look closely, you will see it.  This mug holds  14 fluid ounces to the brim and is 4 1/4 inches  high and 3 1/2 inches at the mugs widest…  …(not counting the handle)…  I hope you enjoy this piece  as much as I enjoyed making it.