Post #653467 by Bruddah Bear on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 12:54 PM

Hi Wendy,

I follow your thread regularly, but I rarely post unless I have something more significant to say other than parrot the compliments of others. I do want you to know that I think you and Dan are aces in my book even though I don't write it here often.

I love the crawl mug, the sculpt is terrific, and the glaze is awesome. I have to say that I don't think that the cold paint is necessary. If the overall glaze were monochrome then it may need the embellishment of the contrasting paint, but I believe that with that speckled glaze and the degree of detail in the sculpt, the paint isn't really needed. The solid color on the sculpt contrasts enough with the variations of color and texture on the mug and allows the detail of the sculpt to pop yet remain a bit understated. The visual flow of the mug just works for me.

You could always give your customers the option of paint or no paint and perhaps save yourself a little bit work on some of the mugs. Just my humble opinion, for what it's worth.

Bear