Pottery mountain design

Ty Brookhart on Instagram: "Looking through the archives as I plan my year in the studio. These mountain mugs were a fan favorite. I really never tire of them either because carving them is like taking an imaginary backcountry trip - there's a lake behind that ridge fed by the snowmelt from that ragged peak, and with a little luck we'll be eating trout cooked on the coals from the fire.... Maybe it's a bit Bob Ross of me, but honestly, I watched him a lot on PBS as a kid; there were only 3…

I'm planning to make another batch of these mountain mugs soon-- I'm putting handles on the mug forms today, and in a couple days they will be ready to carve! I love the subtle way the Blue Ridge glaze highlights this carved design-- it's a softer look than my blue/gray inlay, and sometimes that is exactly what my eye craves.

Mountain landscape mugs: There's a new batch of these waiting to go into the kiln as we speak! I'll have quite a few in my shop update, sometime next week.