Mugshot Monday - "Faceted Crackle Mug" by David... - bigboxcar

Mugshot Monday - “Faceted Crackle Mug” by David Menk Pottery with Ethiopia Light Roast by Peace Coffee

I haven’t had a cup of coffee in a mug like this since 2016! I’m stoked.

8 years ago, my friend Melanie lent me her incredible David Menk coffee mug for my Mugshot Monday project and I had hoped to some day buy one for my collection.

And now I have one!

I love the facets on this cup and there are small horizontal “shelves” that look like decoration, but my fingers fit perfectly around them and help hold the cup.

David was a Minneapolis based studio artist back then at Northern Clay Center and eventually got a home studio going after the pandemic hit. But I seemed to miss every single one of his sale events.

Then he took a break from pottery. 😲

Then last month I saw a post from David’s Facebook saying he was selling all of his pottery equipment. 😱

It’s a super bummer hearing that a maker hit the pause button with their work, but I know navigating a ceramics hobby is tough. I’ve been working on my own home ceramics studio for the last 9 months lol.

The only good part of this story is that David was also selling his leftover inventory, and it included the coffee mug I wanted to buy all these years!

I picked it up last week and really enjoyed talking with David about ceramics, about Northern Clay Center, about home studios, and more.