Mugs, bowls and ceramic items

Most of my ceramic pieces (mugs, tiles etc) are 'printed' with my designs.

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The design is very tough and hard-wearing, as well as microwave and dishwasher safe. BUT the design itself is not glazed onto the surface with melted glass, so it won't be as tough as a kiln-fired, glazed item.

 

That means that, if you take a wire scourer to the patterned surface, you will eventually damage it, either by scratching it, or by simply wearing it away. 

 

The answer is .... DON'T go mad with a scourer on any patterned surface!

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Oh, and the sticker that I use on the bottom of my mugs is supposedly waterproof -  but it won't survive the dishwasher for ever. If the sticker is important to you, handwash the mugs and leave them to dry without a pool of water in the base.