Snail Scott on fri 11 may 01
I have been put in charge of having 'gimme' mugs
made for Jack's current project. I was looking for
a traditional fired-decal mug company, but all I
have found are these photoprint-type things. They
claim to be durable, but they don't seem to look
as professional. Are they really as durable as the
fired-decal type? (I'm sceptical.) Are the fired-
decal type that much more expensive, that no one
makes them anymore? (I assume that these new things
allow for lower overhead, and lower cost on small
orders.)
I still hope to find a decal-mug manufacturer.
Does anyone know of one?
(Yes, I made the first half-dozen by hand, slipcast
and hand-painted with underglaze in full color and
detail. Averaged 3 1/2 hours each. Ain't giving
those away free!)
-Snail
At 09:44 AM 5/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob:
>
>A local copy business takes an image, as you said, from a computer print
>out and can have them affixed to coffee mugs. The result is just like the
>commercial mugs you see here and there - like at airport gift shops. The
>actual mugs are from Thailand but the business puts the image you provide
>onto the mug. They are fused on some how in a small heat treating oven and
>my business person doesn't seem to much more about it other than the fact
>that it only takes a minute or two. The mugs are food and dishwasher
>safe. I had a mug done with an image one of my daughters drew - cost $5.
>
>This process is not ceramic decal in the more traditional sense (fire to
>cone 018).
>Kurt
>Current work: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/Available.html
Anita M. Swan on sat 12 may 01
I once got stuck doing something like this for a family member - I design=
ed a decal
and had it made by a decal company - fired to 018, cost around $90 for th=
e decals,
then I slipcast a bunch of mugs, glazed, fired then put the decals on and=
fired
them. not quite the same as having a manufacturer do the whole thing, bu=
t a lot
better than handpainting! Check the 'hobby ceramics' magazines, Popular =
Ceramics
if it is still published, I think I found the decal company from a small =
ad in one
of those magazines. How many mugs do you need? Nita
Snail Scott wrote:
> I have been put in charge of having 'gimme' mugs
> made for Jack's current project. I was looking for
> a traditional fired-decal mug company, but all I
> have found are these photoprint-type things. They
> claim to be durable, but they don't seem to look
> as professional. Are they really as durable as the
> fired-decal type? (I'm sceptical.) Are the fired-
> decal type that much more expensive, that no one
> makes them anymore? (I assume that these new things
> allow for lower overhead, and lower cost on small
> orders.)
>
> I still hope to find a decal-mug manufacturer.
> Does anyone know of one?
>
> (Yes, I made the first half-dozen by hand, slipcast
> and hand-painted with underglaze in full color and
> detail. Averaged 3 1/2 hours each. Ain't giving
> those away free!)
> -Snail
>
> At 09:44 AM 5/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Bob:
> >
> >A local copy business takes an image, as you said, from a computer pri=
nt
> >out and can have them affixed to coffee mugs. The result is just like =
the
> >commercial mugs you see here and there - like at airport gift shops. =
The
> >actual mugs are from Thailand but the business puts the image you prov=
ide
> >onto the mug. They are fused on some how in a small heat treating ove=
n and
> >my business person doesn't seem to much more about it other than the f=
act
> >that it only takes a minute or two. The mugs are food and dishwasher
> >safe. I had a mug done with an image one of my daughters drew - cost =
$5.
> >
> >This process is not ceramic decal in the more traditional sense (fire =
to
> >cone 018).
> >Kurt
> >Current work: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/Available.html
>
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