Help Replacing my Travel Mug?

try thrift stores. i frequently see those kind of commuter mugs there. it was common when you got yours, and many are still in service or available thru these second hand stores.

see ya

steve

The mug would be very easy to make (unfortunately I will be away from my kiln until June - traveling). Where are you? Are you near a University, community college, or is there a listing for a crafts studio in your area? It should be easy to find someone willing to do the work. If you can't find anyone and can wait until mid June, let me know (take out the spam in the email address).

Donna

There could well be potters that come into this newsgroup who live near you, but we need to know where you live. I would be happy to make you a mug, but - I live in New Zealand and I figure you are in North America. Remember the internet is international. :o)

You might want to look at the shops that supply "ceramics" workers. I don't know a proper term to distinguish these folks from "potters", but I refer to the people who buy bisque or greenware and just do the glazing, usually low-fire. You can look under "ceramics" in the Yellow Pages, but that may include both this type and pottery supply. A paint-your-own shop would be a good choice if there is no larger supplier.

The reason I say this is because I wandered into one of these "ceramics" suppliers a few years ago, and it was essentially a "big box" layout with aisle after aisle of racks full of slipcast greenware, just about every style of mug you can imagine. I bet if you can't find what you want, they can find it for you, and connect you with someone who will fire it for you locally.

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Thanks for all the helpful replies.

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Jeff

You are in an ideal location.

This is a place in Needham. If they don't know of someone, they should know of where to direct you. Is there some reason you don't want it to be a thrown piece?

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Naked Clay

Thanks much, I'll give those places a shot.

And no, it wasn't that I didn't necessarily not want it to be a thrown piece, I just thought it might be easier to make a couple of near identical copies of what I have now by making a mold and slip casting, since that's the way the present piece appears to have been fabricated.

Jeff

DKat wrote:

When you do that the subsuquent piece ends up smaller. Clay shrinks on average about 15% after drying and firing.

Thanks for the tip. All my casting experiences have been with metal, where shrinkages aren't anywhere near that much. That info sure puts me off the idea of pulling a mold off the existing mug and trying to get a close match.

Guess I should just stop being so anal about getting that exact form.

I did just pick this one up off eBay, and chances are I'll probably get used to it pretty quickly.

Jeff

Hope the new mug is ok for you, looks a similar shape.