Friday, June 17, 2011

Bybee sadness

It finally happened. That which I have most dreaded (and it's not the return of the Dark Lord you kooky Harry Potter readers).  Bybee Pottery has laid off its workers, sold off their inventory and may be closing its doors forever. 

I was making Marc his coffee this morning in the Bybee mug that I bought back in 1988 for my first apartment and looked at the big cracks down the side that have been developing over the last couple of months.  They never bothered me before because that mug was ever so replaceable!  No more.  I touch every piece of Bybee with such tenderness now. 

Dang it. I'm hopeful that this is merely a temporary hiatus of pottery-making but do, please, be extra careful with your Bybee.


My beautiful Bybee (replacement) canisters.  Made especially for me.  They rank high on my
list of best loved material goods.

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  1. mereJune 28, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    NOOOOOOO say it ain't so!!!

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  2. Gwen Williamson MathewsJune 29, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    That was my source of info. When I went to take MR to the Domain a couple of weeks ago, it looked very still and quiet at the store. It was a Sunday though. I've been thinking that I need to venture down and see. Or, I could just call.

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  3. PeddieJuly 4, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    NOOOO!!!! I have not yet bought a house in the usa with which I can stock flour and sugar, etc. containers, and store pie plates and casserole dishes... I don't even know if I have a real mug that belongs to me and hasn't just become a sullivans-selby-standard (I think I got a purple one once?)

    Can it be bought at all anywhere still?!?!?

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