Hand-Thrown Ceramic Mug

A hand-thrown ceramic mug on my shelf was made by a potter at a craft fair and the handle is slightly wider on one side than the other. Asymmetry is what makes it the mug I reach for every morning instead of the 4 identical ones from the store. The glaze is a matte teal that pools darker in the base and lighter at the rim where the clay shows through. The bottom is unglazed with a spiral from the potter's wheel that you can feel with your thumb when you hold it. Walls are thick enough that coffee stays warm for 20 minutes longer than in a thin porcelain cup. Weight in my hand feels grounding in a way that's hard to describe but impossible to ignore. I admire that a single person making mugs at a wheel in their studio can produce something that a factory with 100 employees cannot replicate, because the imperfection is the product. At $28 for 14 ounces, I worry about dropping it because it's irreplaceable unlike manufactured goods are.