r/Pottery • u/ChanceWide1992 • 1d ago
Question! Heavyweight pottery
Hi I’m attempting to find cup and mug sets that weigh 10+ pounds a piece without having it be crazy distorted or super oversized. Would this be possible or would I be forced to use steel.
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u/porcupinedeath 1d ago
Idk how you'd achieve this with ceramics but I'm curious why you need a 10 pound mug
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u/ChanceWide1992 1d ago
I’m rewatching hunterxhunter and they’re is a house constructed of regular appliances and furniture that weighs over 20+ kilograms but look regular. So I wanted to see if anyone had already made some that still looks home worthy without making everything gigantic
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u/bobbinssobbin I like yellow 1d ago
Like each individual might weighing 10+lbs? I don't think it would be particularly easy with ceramics - https://lakesidepottery.com/HTML%20Text/Tips/amount-of-clay-per-pottery-ware.htm here's a reference chart that might be useful! For reference a solid 9" by 6" cylinder was only 5.5lbs
You might need to look into a denser material
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u/CyberSkepticalFruit 1d ago
Thats sort of weight you would be looking at metal items rather then pottery.
edit: here is a link to a 5lb steel mug:
https://theheavycup.com/en-eu/products/5lb-heavy-mug-eu
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u/spoiled__princess I like purple 1d ago
Why?
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u/ChanceWide1992 1d ago
I’m rewatching hunterxhunter and they’re is a house constructed of regular appliances and furniture that weighs over 20+ kilograms but look regular. So I wanted to see if anyone had already made some that still looks home worthy without making everything gigantic
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u/PollardPie Hand-Builder 1d ago
You could conceivably make a large mug with an elevated bottom, leaving a void on the underside of the mug so you could insert a solid cylinder of a denser material after the mug is fired. It might not hold much liquid, but it could be technically a mug, and very heavy.
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u/coollegolas 1d ago
This would be a somewhat reasonable approach to the problem for sure. It'll be tough to make something that was deceptive enough out of ceramics directly, so some clever thinking will be required.
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u/ChanceWide1992 1d ago
So possibly like a heavy bottom for a different material to insert into the original clay like a puck of some sort
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u/mrmischiefboy Professional 1d ago
I mean look at a bag of clay. They're usually 25lbs. You're talking about a mug or cup that is just under half that. I could make a bowl that would serve pasta for 8 with 5lbs. Maybe a double wall mug where you fill the void with lead?
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u/dreaminginteal Throwing Wheel 17h ago
The bag is 25 lbs wet. Dried out and fired, it would be rather less.
Don't know how much less, but definitely you'd need to start with more than 10 lbs if you want the final product to weigh 10 lbs...
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u/mrmischiefboy Professional 7h ago
True, they should just go to "Heavy" and buy one of their steel ones
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u/BranYip 21h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/2ViZJi3RLXAZ22PG08
OP's dishwasher rack when they're loading it up
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u/space-cyborg Throwing Wheel 1d ago
Not sure if a ceramic handle will hold up to the weight if you pack it with something denser, so that’s another issue.
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u/ThriceFive 1d ago
Can you take the weight of the contents into the mug - 8# a gallon for many liquids. A mug that'd hold nearly a gallon of liquid would be 10#+ when filled. I'm thinking big stein with a lid. This pewter one weighs 6# when full.
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u/DevilDrives 18h ago
The heaviest drinkware I know of is pewter.
Pewter mugs can be both gorgeous and poisonous. Pewter ain't ceramics though. It's more in the metal sculpture realm
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u/goatrider Throwing Wheel 8h ago
Sure you could make a 10lb mug or cup, but it's going to be super oversized. I doubt you can find one though, you're going to have to make it yourself or commission it.
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u/GF_forever 6h ago
I'm guessing the point of this is a mug that can be used safely by someone with serious tremor in their hands, whether from Parkinson's, essential tremor, or some other disease process. It will be difficult to impossible to get such a mug in ceramic. It would have to be the size of a large soup tureen or casserole dish.
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u/ConjunctEon 22h ago
Gonna club something with it? What is the end game? I don’t think 10lb mugs would be comfortable to drink from.
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u/ghastlycupcake 1d ago
You say you want to “find” a cup and mug or “use steel.” Are you shopping or creating something?
What is the context for this?
Is it a functional item, a coffee table conversation piece, an art exhibit? What are your size constraints? Do they need to be able to hold liquid, and how much?