Cosmic Mugs: Art That Lets You Taste The Universe Everyday

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  • Durable: Stoneware clay is tough and meant to last a lifetime.
  • Functional: 100% non-toxic and dishwasher safe.
  • Earthen: Raw iron, copper and cobalt elements are harvested from the earth & fired in a kiln to 2400 degrees Fahrenheit. Colors are sealed in silica glaze for non-toxic, food-safe surfaces.

  • Handcrafted: I form each pot with a lump of clay on a pottery kick-wheel.
  • Complex: Every mug is brushed with up to five different glaze combinations that come from custom glaze chemical recipes.
  • One of a Kind: Each firing results in glazes that I can never duplicate exactly.



Cosmic Mug Fan Photography

Creative Process

Each pot starts as a lump of Stoneware clay on a pottery kick-wheel.

Colors come from raw earth materials that are mixed with water and brushed onto each pot.

Glazes are sealed by firing mugs to 2400 F. in a kiln, creating hard, colorful surfaces.

Abstract paintings of cosmic phenomena are locked permanently onto dishwasher-safe coffee mugs.

My name is Joel Cherrico and I'm a 27-year-old potter and entrepreneur. I make all of my artwork in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota. My goal is to help pottery enter the mainstream media by using technology to revolutionize the ways that art impacts society. I believe handmade pottery enriches people’s lives. The word “cosmic” describes outer space, but the “cosmos” describes what is all around us. Cosmic Mugs remind us that the elements from the stars are the exact same elements that make up things in our daily lives. I use raw earth materials to create complex, abstract glazes that reference galaxies and nebulae. I hope to communicate profound ideas about our place in the universe over a simple cup of coffee.

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Copyright for pottery images: Cherrico Pottery, LLC, 2015

Copyright for Hubble Space Telescope Images of the NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Planetary Nebula NGC 5189, and the Galactic Spectacle STScI-2010-25: Space Telescope Science Institute, www.hubblesite.org