This wheel thrown Sea Swimmer Mug is made using a Cornish stoneware clay from the clifftops of St Agnes, Cornwall. Its huggable shaped is formed on the wheel by hand and will help you recover from the chilly tides!! The blue and white aesthetic has a soft linen, lived in feel, which along with its huggable form will turn this into your favourite, go to mug.

The mugs are thrown in small batches, allowed to dry until nearly leather hard before being trimmed, handles pulled and attached before hanging out in a box overnight to make friends with each other. Then the decorating can begin. The mugs are brushed with a dark runny slip, allowed to dry a little more before the illustration is scratched into the surface using a technique called sgraffito, scratching away the dark surface to reveal the pure clay underneath. The mugs are then allowed to dry for several days (this time can vary greatly depending on the weather!) before being fired in the kiln for its first firing which is called a 'bisque' firing. The mug at this point becomes hard and solid but also extremely fragile and porous. The bisqued pottery is then submerged in a lovely satin smooth glaze before the final journey back into the kiln for the glaze firing. During the glaze firing the pots reach incredibly high temperatures and shrink and pull together to make a wonderfully strong and functional pots, in this particular case a mug. Magic!!