It's a Mugs Game.

I'm getting into making the 250 coffee cups.

it seems like a heck of a lot of pots.

But I have remembered that back in 1981

 I made 500 mugs for a scout jamboree.

But I was only 19 then.

I'm weighing the clay 3/4 lbs for each one

but apart from that I'm doing them all by eye.

This batch have been turned and handled.

and these ones have had the stamped heart added.

and these ones have had wax resist painted onto the heart

and slipped in white slip.

They seem to be taking ages to dry

so I'm firing the kiln with other pots later today

to try and help the drying process.

Making sure the heart stays on is proving a problem

but I think we have cracked it.