Father’s Day isn’t just a day on the calendar for us at Deneen Pottery. It's a time to reflect on the roots of our family business, to celebrate the fathers who shape us, guide us, and encourage us to keep going! ...
13 June, 2025 Announcements Holidays No comment0 LikesRecently I was working with Sarah Stotts, from BedandBreakfast.com, on an article about my family’s Custom Pottery Mug business When she asked me for any new images of our handmade stoneware Jumping Rocks popped into my head. So I got on the phone and......
23 April, 2009 Pictures No comment1 LikeAs my family has been making mugs for customers for over 30 years from time to time we hear from folks like Vince Smith of Houston, Texas: Dear Niles: Approximately 12 years ago, my wife and I were in Ithaca, NY and had the pleasure......
17 April, 2009 Testimonials No comment4 LikesIf you requested a catalog and didn’t receive one in February or March your information did not makes its way through our website to us. We apologize for this miscommunication and failure to send you our catalog. The problems have been fixed and the “Catalog......
15 April, 2009 Announcements No comment1 LikeSpring is finally in the air and I had a few minutes this morning to take pictures of the firing that took place yesterday. We fire the kiln 4-5 days a week, each glaze firing heats the stoneware inside up to about 2350º F and......
15 April, 2009 Just off the Kiln No comment1 LikeNot sure where you were from the March 30th – April 2nd… My family (mom, dad, aunt and wifey) spent 4 days in Atlanta talking about our custom handmade stoneware mugs with some of the best innkeeping professionals in the country. We’ve been working with......
09 April, 2009 Conferences No comment1 LikeOn February 13th we shipped an order of custom handmade mugs to Christina and Charlie Ward in Yanceyville, NC and on February 18th we received this email: Hello Niles, Yesterday I received the handmade mugs, they’re PERFECT! it’s exactly what I was looking for. I......
27 March, 2009 Testimonials No comment1 LikeNo early retirement for Peter Deneen. At the start of this year with all of the economic uncertainty we decided to head out to more bed and breakfast conferences in the hopes of attracting new customers. A few weeks back my dad attended the Illinois......
27 March, 2009 Conferences No comment1 LikeWith each order that we ship, we hope to meet or exceed our customer’s expectations… Now and then we are lucky enough to have a reaction like this: Dear Niles and Teena, I want you to know that our new custom mugs are simply spectacular. ......
23 February, 2009 Testimonials No comment1 LikeIt was a cool and sunny weekend here in Minnesota and we had a firing that took place. Today I photographed a few pictures of some of the handmade stoneware custom mugs that are just about to be shipped....
16 February, 2009 Just off the Kiln No comment2 Likes
If you’re trying to boost business, personalized coffee mugs can make a lasting impact on your customers. Retail stores, coffee shops, tech startups and everyone else can take advantage of the many uses of custom-made stoneware. Whether it's for marketing purposes or you’re trying to boost profits,...
It's officially summer, so we put together a quick list of our staff picks for national park mugs! Drum roll please...
Deneen Pottery supports Simpson Housing Services We are pleased to share the unique story of how we got to know Simpson Housing Services - a local non-profit that runs homeless shelters and assists in placing individuals and families into permanent housing - and our new symbiotic...
The ongoing success of our Illustrator Mug series - and the added open editions - gave us some time to find the perfect person to collaborate with for our next Illustrator Mug (#4 woo hoo!) and I'm stoked to introduce that artist to YOU. Drum roll...
Visiting ceramicist Atwater Pottery's studio, we spy the artist surveying the vastness of his new space in Glendale, California. A large ceramic egg-shaped piece—glazed with a white crackled surface akin to barnacles—sits next to a smaller one the color of volcanic ash. Both pieces appear like...
Deneen Pottery is on the Map By Sigrid Hart When looking at the long-term success of Deneen Pottery in St. Paul, MN, one might think it’s due to a solid entrepreneurial spirit. Others could argue that the second-generation family company’s focus on core values has driven...
Studio Ceramics in Canada Gail Crawford (Author) Studio Ceramics in Canada is both a comprehensive history and a beautiful, full-colour book. But it is also much more. It is an in-depth look at the growth of ceramics and pottery-making as art forms, from their humble beginnings after...
If you've ever wondered what it would look like to walk around on Mars, then you should definitely visit Capitol Reef National Park, the third stop on my quest to visit the Mighty Five National Parks of Utah. To properly introduce Capitol Reef, it is important to...
This month’s customer spotlight is Saturday Farm, the gorgeous vacation rental retreat on Cape Cod. "Just a few blocks from the beach, the house has been restored to its original 1790s beauty, and features four ensuite bedrooms - two downstairs and two upstairs, each with their...
For our #3 Illustrator Mug series we felt inspired to go local and almost immediately Adam Turman's name came up. If you are unfamiliar, please allow me to use the handle given to him by Minnesota Business Magazine from a 2014 article: "Turman is a...