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  • Deneen Pottery donated a collection of handcrafted mugs to The Seed Project, a community-driven organization committed to creating inclusive and accessible spaces where creativity and learning can flourish. This partnership made it possible for the mugs to be shared with a weekly exercise group for Hmong elders in the St. Paul community, led by a chiropractor. Through this connection, the mugs were gifted to elders who regularly come together to exercise, stretch, and support one another, which encourages both physical well-being and meaningful community connection....

    19 December, 2025 0 Likes

  •   Recently 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 1 Like

  • As 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 4 Likes

  • If 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 1 Like

  • Spring 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 1 Like

  • Not 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 1 Like

  • On 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 1 Like

  • No 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 1 Like

  • With 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 1 Like

  • It 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 2 Likes

12 Sep

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With the success of Kiwi we decided to bring on another new glaze!!! We proudly introduce Powder Blue. From L to R we have Powder Blue w/Sunshine white, Powder Blue w/Blue white, Powder Blue (solid) and Powder Blue w/white. The other names that we tossed around included Tiffany...

03 Sep

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For second chance, St. Paul potter aimed small By Nick Woltman of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press Peter Deneen says bankruptcy was the best thing that ever happened to him. After building Deneen Pottery -- a $1 million-a-year business -- from scratch, Deneen lost the company to his...

03 May

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Getting into a groove can have it's benefits and drawbacks. I remember a specific experience like this when I installed closet rod supports in our bathroom just before Eloise was born. This seemingly simple project turned out to be just a bit more challenging. Somehow...

07 Feb

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It is official - Our handmade mugs are a hit with our partners, Western National Parks Association, and we are proud to make this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------- John Fasino, Purchasing Manager, sent this message today: --------------------------------------------------------------- "I would like to congratulate Fort Davis, Pinnacles and Channel Islands.  These three Sites are...