DEEP BLACK & BRIGHT WHITE

Here is one of the sets of mugs that came out of the kiln last Monday, as you can see, the surface is best characterized as deep black, bright white with a great rich terra cotta red. All of this group were fired toward the top of the kiln and got a bit hotter than the bottom which yields this deep red color from my terra cotta, I love the way the red, black and white work together in simple harmony and the mug interior is spacious and fit for any liquid you have in mind. As a preference I have used a terra cotta mug for my coffee and tea in the studio for a good number of years; the clay holds the heat or cold just a bit longer than the stoneware or porcelain and as I mentioned, I love the wonderful visual flavor of terra cotta even though as a throwing clay, as I have stated before, it tests the bonds of the love/ hate relationship.