Ceramics studio — Washington, D.C.

Mudd Mann

Hand-built lamps, tiles, plates and bowls, painted after dark and never made the same way twice.

A tall, tapered ceramic lamp base covered in line-drawn faces.
Pyramid of friends
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning frog in overalls and a straw hat.
Frog, gardening

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Lamps

Sculptural bases, hand-built and painted. For the lamp you leave on long after you need it.

A tall, tapered ceramic lamp base covered in line-drawn faces, with a brass socket.
Pyramid of friendsA crowd of small painted faces.
Tree cubeTwo stacked cubes, a small forest, a few residents: a deer, a leopard, some birds.
A lamp with a base of four stacked, pierced white ceramic blocks and a cream shade printed with black waves.
Stacked blocksFour soft white blocks, slightly off balance. Wave-print shade.
A square ceramic lamp base drawn with patio chairs, stacked chairs and stools, with a brass socket.
Patio chair cubePatio chairs, folding chairs, a few stools — finally given their due.

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Tiles

Small paintings on clay: D.C. street corners, mahjong mid-game, and a hen with strong opinions about footwear.

Six painted tiles forming three plants — a tomato vine, carrots and an artichoke — with their roots below, labeled Fruits, Roots and Flowers.
Fruits, Roots, FlowersA six-tile set: what grows up, and what grows down.
A tile painted with a hen in a polka-dot headscarf, striped socks and sandals.
Hen in socks
A tile painted with a raccoon lounging in a woven lawn chair, holding a glass of lemonade.
Raccoon with lemonade
A tile drawn in blue line with a dancing cat in a ruffled collar playing the banjo.
Cat on banjo
A tile painted with a rabbit in a blue coat and ruffled collar, framed by hearts and vines.
Rabbit in a blue coat
A tile painted with a white goose in red glasses and a striped sweater.
Goose in reading glasses
A blue tile drawing of a leaping fish tipping a wine glass into its mouth, framed by swirls.
Thirsty fish
A tile painted with an Adams Morgan street scene: rowhouses, the Madam's Organ mural and the Tryst storefront.
Adams Morgan on 18th
A tile painted in green with a roaring foo dog resting a paw on a ball.
Foo dog, roaring
A tile painted in green with a smiling foo dog and its cub.
Foo dog, smiling
A tile painted with a smiling winged pig, sunbursts in the corners.
Flying pig
A tile painted with a Georgetown alley: the Hinckley Pottery sign on a brick building and a Blues Alley jazz sign.
Blues Alley

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Plates

Scalloped, hand-painted, and mostly for looking at. Featuring a court of very serious frogs and a two-piece jazz section.

A red-rimmed frog plate set on a striped linen napkin with blue and yellow handled cutlery, seen from above.
The frog platesA court of very serious frogs, each on a red-rimmed plate. Dinner, but make it a portrait series.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning black frog in overalls and a straw hat, holding a potted daisy and a rake.
Frog, gardeningOveralls, sun hat, very serious about daisies.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning black frog eating sushi from a wooden board.
Frog, omakaseTakes his sushi seriously.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning frog in a gold mitre and embroidered vestments, holding a crozier.
Pope frogSpeaking ex cathedra.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning frog wearing a jeweled crown, holding an orb and sceptre.
Frog, crownedOrb, sceptre, no notes.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning frog in a striped blue-and-gold pharaoh headdress, holding a crook and flail.
Frog, pharaohCrook, flail, a long memory.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frog in a lilac kimono holding a gold fan and a red paper parasol.
Frog, with parasolKimono, fan, red parasol. Unimpressed.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frog in a white headband drumming a taiko drum.
Frog, taikoHeadband on. Mid-beat.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frowning frog reading an open leather-bound book.
Frog, readingHalfway through something long.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a frog in a red beret holding paintbrushes and a palette.
Frog, paintingBeret, palette, a self-portrait pending.
A red-rimmed plate painted with a black frog seen from behind.
Frog bootySeen from behind. Leaving the party.
A scalloped plate drawn with a cat playing trombone, notes trailing across the plate.
Jazz cat, tromboneScalloped edge, big sound.
A scalloped plate drawn with a cat playing drums, notes flying up the plate.
Jazz cat, drumsKeeps time.

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Bowls

Flower bowls with soft, irregular edges — for fruit, keys, or nothing at all.

A hand-built cream bowl with a looped black border and a flower inside a double circle.
Flower bowl, medallionA looped border around a flower medallion.
A scalloped cream bowl ringed with small black flowers around a larger one.
Flower bowl, all aroundA ring of small flowers around a big one.
A hand-built cream bowl with a looped black border and one large flower.
Flower bowl, loop borderLoops at the rim, one big flower.
A hand-built cream bowl with a dotted border and a single flower.
Flower bowl, dotsDots and a single flower.
A scalloped cream bowl with a double-line border and a small flower in a circle.
Flower bowl, double lineTwo lines, one small flower. Very calm.

Coming soon

The shop is still in the kiln.

A first edition is firing now. Take an early look before it's out.

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