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This was a limited edition heavy (450g or 1 lb) white stoneware mug for sale in Tim Hortons restaurants recently. It exhibits fine workmanship and carries lessons for potters. Notice they employ a transparent food safe liner glaze. The outside decoration appears to have been done at the leather hard stage using a colored engobe, wax resist and ceramic transfers. The entire piece was likely dipped in a transparent glaze (in the bisque state). The handle has a simple and functional shape that could be emulated using our handle mold making techniques. The simple flared body shape lends itself well to jiggering.
These porcelain mugs are sold at many tourist shops on the Alaskan cruize circuit. Made in China of course. But their quality is astounding. And they teach multiple lessons to potters - great skill in the use of decals (even inside), meeting different glazes at the rims, evenness of application, layering, the use of wax resist, etc. They likely have a glossy and matte base glaze and add stains (to get the black, blue, red, white, green). Notice they have an iron red (lower right) that is stable enough not to run and host an even more fluid melt second layer. They also have a stoney yet functional matte white (bottom left). You can make dipping glaze versions of all of these:
Black glossy: G3914A and G2926BL
Black matte: G2934BL
Iron Red: G3948A
White stoney matte: G2934Y2
Glossy colors: Add stains to G2926B
Matte colors: Add stains to G2934
Glossary |
Liner Glazing
Step-by-step to apply inside and outside glazes to a pottery mug and get them to meet at a clean line at the rim. |
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