Coleen Deiss Designs Slab-Built Art Pottery Mugs - Complete Set of 7 - $140 (Rio Grande Blvd and Candelaria)
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Beautiful, highly collectible set of 7 artisan studio pottery mugs designed and handcrafted by renowned ceramic artist Coleen Deiss. Known for her distinctive organic forms and nature-inspired imagery, each piece in this collection is a unique, functional work of art.
Retail Value: $315 ($45 per mug brand new). Selling the complete collection of 7 for $150.
Design Highlights & Features:
Artisan Slab-Built Construction: Meticulously hand-formed with her signature "buttoned/riveted" external seams. The interior bottoms display the visible, hand-pressed seams—the hallmark of authentic handmade pottery.
Intricate Nature Motifs: Features incredibly detailed, dark-line botanical pressings of wild grasses, honeybees, dragonflies, and pine trees.
Stunning Palette (7 Unique Mugs):
*Dragonfly White: Crisp gloss canvas with a row of flying dragonflies.
*Periwinkle Blue: Semi-translucent sky blue pooling over a dense band of wild seed pods.
*Honeybee Mustard: Warm ochre/mustard glaze with detailed honeybees marching along the rim.
*Evergreen Pine & Bee: A multi-toned "twilight" glaze shifting from mossy olive to slate blue, stamped with pine trees and bees with warm orange halos.
*Variegated Drip Glaze: A stunning reactive piece with streaks of vibrant electric blue and seafoam green over a dark forest backdrop.
*Sandy Tan Meadow: A rustic, neutral oatmeal glaze with a subtle earthy texture and deeply pressed meadow grasses.
*Deep Teal/Aqua: Features a rich aqua blue glaze highlighting a tall vertical botanical sprig design.
Specifications:
Height: Approx. 4 1/4" H
Quantity: 7 mugs total
Base/Markings: Hand-formed, unglazed square bases. Subtle artist maker's marks/stamps are impressed into the bottom corners of the clay body.
Condition:
Excellent, studio-vintaged condition with no chips, cracks, or post-production defects. Any superficial lines on the unglazed bases or interior seams are completely original to the slab-setting and firing process, typical of artisan hand-formed pottery.