Buchi Studio
Black Cat mug on a stack of books beside a small pumpkin, the cat's tail curling up into the handle

Buchi Studio · Chongqing

Hand-built cat mugs from Chongqing, by qiuqiu & Lisa

Hand-built and hand-painted in Chongqing, China, by qiuqiu and Lisa. Each mug is pinched by hand, the cat is built on by hand, and its tail becomes the handle. No molds, and no two the same.

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The mugs

Eight cats, released in small numbered drops

Black Cat mug on a stack of books beside a small pumpkin, the cat's tail curling up into the handle

Black Cat

$100 · Numbered edition

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Orange cat mug with a green sky background sitting on driftwood among plants

Orange Cat

$100 · Numbered edition

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Cow cat mug with tea on a wooden table

Cow Cat

$100 · Numbered edition

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Tabby cat mug with a blue sky background on a white cloth

Tabby Cat

$100 · Numbered edition

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Blue-grey cat mug with a pink bow and blue sky on white linen

Blue Cat

$100 · Numbered edition

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Calico cat mug with a painted birthday cake on white linen

Calico Birthday

$100 · Numbered edition

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Black cat in a red Christmas hat on a white mug, on a dark wooden counter in warm light

Black Cat Christmas

$100 · Numbered edition

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Black cat mug with red flowers on a ceramic stand in soft window light

Black Cat & Red Flowers

$100 · Numbered edition

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How they're made

Pinched, painted, glazed, fired

Rows of unfired mugs drying on a studio cart A hand holding a freshly built mug before firing Glazing a cat mug over a bucket in the studio

Every mug takes about a week from wet clay to the kiln, and each one comes out a little different.

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Custom

Your cat, in our hands

Tell us your cat's colours and name. We build a stylised version of them on our mug, not a portrait, in 3 to 4 weeks. From $120. Custom slots open on .

Custom mugs

Studio

Two people, one small kiln

We are qiuqiu and Lisa. We started with one black cat mug at the end of 2022, and we still make every piece ourselves in Chongqing.

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