Hand-Thrown Ceramic Mug

My neighbor makes ceramic mugs on a wheel in her garage and she gave me one as a housewarming gift and I've used it every morning since. Walls slightly uneven in a way you can feel when you wrap your hands around it, thicker on one side than the other. Its handle is a pulled loop that fits 3 fingers comfortably with room for your thumb to rest on the top curve. Glaze is a speckled white that pools into a deeper blue where the clay dips, and the bottom is unglazed so you can see the raw stoneware underneath. I keep noticing small details like the way the rim tapers to a thin edge that feels good against your lip and the slight wobble when you set it down on a flat surface. Those imperfections are the whole reason I reach for this mug instead of the matching set of factory-made ones in my cabinet. The handmade thing is real, not performed, and that distinction changes the way coffee tastes at 7 AM.