We are never satisfied with what we've got, we are always on the look out for something new. I do not know how many different moulds we have for jugs & mugs. Many of them I go off after a while & so they are left on the highest shelve till we have a sort out & we wonder why we never use them.
Every time we go to a mould maker in Stoke we always say "Have you got any new shapes" & more often than not the reply is "No". The mould makers tend to look after the bigger businesses who pay them a lot of money to make their own exclusive designs which no one else can buy, so we are stuck with the same moulds that have been around since the 1970's. That is the main reason that over the years Adrian has taught himself how to make moulds.
Adrian is getting better all the time & now I think he has surpassed himself. I love this jug he has made. I may not have contemporary designs but it is nice to paint a modern shape for a change. I tend to search junk shops for easy shapes for him to make moulds from. This jug was originally taken from a plain tall vase. Adrian cut a spout out of the mould & the handle was added afterwards. (The handle was from one of those old moulds we had put on a high shelve & forgotton about).
The only problem with creating something new is finding a name for yet another jug. Some moulds already have names from the potteries so they are not a problem. This jug was easy to name as it was made from one of our Tube Vases so of course we had to call it Tube Jug! Easy!
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