Post #284251 by hewey on Thu, Feb 8, 2007 6:14 PM

Van tiki seems to be having succes with his hand made mugs. He has 'standard designs' so they are not truely one offs, but every mug he makes is unique beacuse it's all done by hand.

You want to improve your mugs? Heres some constructive criticism, just my thoughts:

• Work on the symmetry. That pic of it upside down you can see it is off centre.
• The black blobby glaze hides all of the details of the design
• It looks very "top heavy". This both detracts from the design, and also makes an unstable mug.

Overall I like the general design but it needs some tweaking before it has the "it" factor for me. When lots of people look at something and say, "yes thats it" - you're on a winner. Just ask Shag.

Ultimately you should do it for the fun of it, and challange yourself to improve with every new mug.