I Was Happy in the Haze of a Frothy Latte

Thick-walled mug with two feet and a strange snake handle supporting the third side. Glossy black inside and out. One piercing.

This piece is available for sale

$75

Shipping is extra. Within Canada is usually around $22. International can be $75 or more, so you really need to consider whether that's worthwhile.

I am currently setting up e-commerce and shipping stuff, but I do not have everything figured out... if you want to buy this, please just send me an email at altpottery@gmail.com and we'll make arrangements

Materials

• PSH cone 6 clay Black C540i
  Pigmented with non-toxic iron oxide. Fires to a deep brown/black, deeper black when sealed with a transparent glaze. Not recommended for microwave heating because of its iron oxide content.
• Piercing Jewelry: 10g CBR, 6x19
  Stainless steel captive bead ring, 10g, 6mm bead x 19mm diameter. Absolutely not suitable for microwave heating.
• "Licorice" glossy black glaze
  Glossy black glaze, made with iron oxide and cobalt carbonate. Food-safe, non-toxic. Recipe: https://glazy.org/recipes/3388
• PSH Wax Resist Emulsion UWAX2
  A brushable, water-wax emulsion applied to bisque pots to resist glaze. The wax burns away during firing, so none is present in the finished piece.

Stages

• thrown: 2025-10-06 (waning gibbous)
• trimmed: 2025-10-08 (waning gibbous)
• decorated: 2025-10-08 (waning gibbous)
• smoothed: 2025-10-15 (waning crescent)
  Lightly rubbed to smooth out surface irregularities
• bisque fired: 2025-11-02 (waning gibbous)
  Heated to approx 1000°C, producing chemical changes in the clay so that it is less brittle, water-resistant, water-absorbant, and can accept a glaze coating.
• glazed: 2026-02-04 (waning gibbous)
  Dipped and brushed with glaze
• glaze fired: 2026-02-09 (waning crescent)
• finished: 2026-02-10 (waning crescent)
  Added the piercing jewelry