#woodfire

Mugshot Monday - "Woodfire Mug" by Lindsay Oesterritter Ceramics with Morning Glory Blend by Peace Coffee

You need to come over to my house when it's sunny outside and have coffee in this amazing woodfire mug made by Lindsay Oesterritter.

Only then would you be able to witness with your own eyes this amazing little layered universe within the glaze as you rotate the mug in the sunshine.

At the crack of dawn this morning, whilst enjoying my cup of Peace Coffee, I tried to capture how amazing this mug looks.

But the photos just don't do it justice.

I bought this mug at the annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour this weekend and got to meet the maker in person.

Lindsay Oesterritter lives and works out of her home studio in Manassas, Virginia, and was showing her work at Peter Jadoonath's studio during the tour.

My question for her was simple, "Why is this mug so amazing??" The answer was complicated and mysterious of course.

It's woodfired and the ash that hits these pots sometimes will create uncontrolled and incredible reactions. Lindsay said there must have been a smaller piece in front of the mug which caused the ash to miss the mug entirely in some spots and then cluster on other spots.

That's what creates the layers of awesome. "So it's unpredictable?"

Yep. None of her other woodfired mugs had the intensity that this one has, yet all of them had really amazing and individualized effects from the firing. It's like every one of them is a "one of a kind".

This one made me smile the most, so I bought it.

Thanks for chatting with me at the tour, Lindsay! It was excellent to meet you. And thanks so much for making this amazing coffee mug. 🤩 ☕️ 🙌🏻