Mugs

Ongoing project

Whenever I make someone a hot drink, I really take a moment to choose their mug. This made me think of my friends and what their favourite mugs are.
I have spent some time photographing and interviewing my friends all about their favourite mugs
My Favourite Mugs with their Favourite Mugs

Smiling bearded man in a cream t-shirt holding a dark blue mug, seated beside a leafy monstera plant and wooden speaker.

Mike



Hand holding a glossy dark blue ceramic mug in sharp focus with a blurred bearded man in the background.

"So this is my blue mug."

Man in a beige t-shirt sipping from a dark mug beside a sunlit window with green plants and city buildings outside.

"There are few things I really like about it,

One: It's got like, quite a kind of simple, but kind of unique shape to it.

Two: it's a great colour.

Three: i'm guessing it's handmade. Um, I'm guessing...no idea.

And four: My friend, Jamie got me it for my 30th birthday. So it has a kind of a special significance in that sense. "

A bearded man with glasses smiles while holding a white mug with an official seal, seated on a sofa beneath abstract wall art.

Chigi



Bearded man with glasses in a black sweater holding a white mug on a sofa in a dimly lit, cozy living room.

What's your favourite time of day to drink something from your mug? 


"Um, I would say…I'm quite an early riser, so  I have a tea and I can sit in bed for a bit at about 7:30. I enjoy that moment of the day."



A blurred bearded man with glasses holds up a white mug featuring an eagle seal emblem toward the camera in a cozy living room.

"This is my mug. It was a secret santa gift from our friend Simon.

It's from the TV show, The West Wing. And it's got the seal of the fictional president, who is basically the person I tried emulate my life. So, I can drink from this mug and sort of, try to pretend to be my favourite fictional character. "

A smiling woman in a black top sits on a gray sofa holding a mug decorated with a illustrated map of the Lake District.

Helen

A woman extends a white mug illustrated with a map of The Lakes toward the camera, her face softly blurred in the background.

Okay this is…well it's actually Michael's mug that I've seemingly adopted since we've lived here. It has a map of the lakes on it, which I…it’s kind of sentimental because it’s where we spent lockdown and it's kind of a bit like old-fashioned, vintage, which I quite like.


It's quite, it's quite thin and light, which I feel like is a weird thing but it's a sort of thing that my Mum would comment on, like, oh it’s a nice light mug. 


So yeah, that is my mug. And I also, Like i’m terrible with directions so it reminds me, because it's kind of like a map as well, so it kind of reminds me where we've been and where we went on various, kind of, walks and things during lockdown as well. So it’s good, memories.

Kya & Simon


Simon (To the cat): Come on, you can be a movie star!

Kya: She’s shy! Right, come on, focus


Do you have a place in your flat that you like to sit when you have your hot drink?


S: In bed

K: In the morning, it's always in bed. Yeah, yeah. But I was actually just saying to Simon, (who's been away), that, when he's here, I drink it in bed with him, but when he's not, I just get up and I drink it as I get ready. Which he was absolutely horrified by.

S: That’s savage. 

A woman and a bearded man hold mugs on a sofa with an orange and white cat, beneath a framed Pulp Fiction movie poster.
A smiling woman and a bearded man sit together on a sofa holding mugs, with a framed Pulp Fiction poster on the wall behind them.

S: So this is my mug. It's nice and very white. Um, i was bought it by Kya as a present for - ahead of moving in together. And it was made by Kya’s friend Charlie. And yeah, it’s my favourite it is really big.

Hands hold a white mug printed with a vintage Wonder Woman comic illustration in bold red, yellow and blue colors.

K: This is my mug. 


Wonder Woman. Um, so this is my favourite mug because I shouldn't really have it, and my mom's ex-boyfriend's daughter left it at my Mum’s house and then they broke up and I hid it so she couldn't give it back to her. So it feels like I've really laboured for it, and I am just quite proud of that. 

A woman and a bearded man sip from mugs side by side on a sofa beneath a framed poster on a cream wall.
Bearded man with dark curly hair sits in a gray fleece jacket holding a white ceramic mug beside a framed Pulp Fiction poster.
Smiling woman with her hair up holds an orange Wonder Woman mug while petting an orange and white cat on a cozy couch.