Here are 2 video’s showing different steps of making the same style of mug. These mugs are made with cone 10 Bmix (so a white clay that is meant to be fired to around cone 10, which is over 2300 degrees Farenheit).
I use a BMix slip blended with some iron oxide to paint the darker texture around the bottom half of the mug. You’ll see this in the first video, which shows me throwing the cup on the wheel. The throwing video is a bit longer than the version I shared on social media - it’s not sped up so much, and you can see a bit better what’s happening.
The second video shows clips of me adding the handle to the mug, after it’s dried a bit (to the ‘leather hard’ stage). So the cup is firm enough to handle, but still wet enough to have new attachments added. This is a bit tricky on these textured mugs, because I have to add the handle without messing up the texture. So it needs to be just a bit on the dry side, and I have to be mindful of where (and how firmly) I’m touching the mug.
The mugs were glazed with Emily Purple on the inside and around the top, and then a layer of Rutile glaze was added over the entire outside of the mugs. The rutile looks extra cool where it flows over the dark textured belly of the mug. You’ll see pics of the finished mugs at the end of each video, and I’ll throw a shot in at the bottom of this post as well.
