{"product_id":"haand-coffee-mug-8-oz-celadon","title":"Haand Coffee Mug | 8 oz - Celadon","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 oz Short Mug\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLead-free, glazed white porcelain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrowave \u0026amp; dishwasher safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade by a person in NC, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"shopify-section section-image-with-text\" id=\"shopify-section-template--22464815235394__image_with_text_TM8FrF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fully-spaced-row--medium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flexible-layout valign-middle\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cc-animate=\"\" class=\"column column--half align-ltr-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"feature-text-paired\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"majortitle in-content h1\"\u003eHAAND BRAND: Thoughtful storytellers bridging the past and future with expert craftsmanship. Haand was started in 2012 by Mark Warren and Chris Pence, friends who met in high school in Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"majortitle in-content h1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/haand.us\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitled-3_480x480_9a24b80b-2abb-4ca0-b484-4af151565bc8.jpg?v=1614324530\u0026amp;width=479\" alt=\"Haand's founders. Mark (left) and Chris (right).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haand.us\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitled-3_480x480_9a24b80b-2abb-4ca0-b484-4af151565bc8.jpg?v=1614324530\u0026amp;width=340 340w, https:\/\/haand.us\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitled-3_480x480_9a24b80b-2abb-4ca0-b484-4af151565bc8.jpg?v=1614324530\u0026amp;width=479 479w\" width=\"479\" height=\"480\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 800px, (min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" class=\"theme-img\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"shopify-section section-rich-text\" id=\"shopify-section-template--22464815235394__rich_text_YER6j7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cc-animate=\"\" class=\"fully-spaced-row--medium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--reading-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"align-ltr-left spaced-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte lightly-spaced-row large-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways an artist and tinkerer, Mark attended the Penland School of Crafts on a two-year fellowship after college. There, he was exposed to a variety of media and learned from the excellent teachers, mentors, and highly skilled craftspeople at Penland and in the surrounding community of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was introduced to ceramics and slip casting while in a class taught by Tom Spleth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris, who had been a potter since high school, went on to study business and accounting in college and graduate school, eventually working for a large corporate accounting firm but continued to pursue his love of pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, as Chris decided to leave corporate accounting and Mark completed his Penland Fellowship, the time felt right to take the opportunity to work together, and Haand was born. The first year, the business was run out of a decrepit farmhouse with no potable water and mercurial electricity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark and Chris hustled at gift shows and craft fairs, bidding for contracts to manufacture niche products. They fought for every sale to keep their heads above water. These met challenges ultimately gave them an income to move to a small warehouse in Eli Whitney, NC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSales improved every year and eventually they were able to hire employees. Haand would not be where it is today without the hard work and sacrifice of those early and current employees. Haand now employs a staff of 20 and operates out of a 13,000 square foot former hosiery mill in downtown Burlington, NC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehind the Name Haand: When we started Haand, we knew that it was going to be an unusual company, slightly off-kilter because we believed in making things by hand in the 21st century. Simultaneously strange and familiar, it is a knowable, recognizable, and comfortable word. Haand itself is an archaic word for hand, dating back many centuries to Norway. A word from the past, pronounced \"hand\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674566607086,"sku":"MShortS8ozC","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/7801\/9484\/files\/Haand_CoffeeMug_Celadon.jpg?v=1791695245","url":"https:\/\/northno4.com\/products\/haand-coffee-mug-8-oz-celadon","provider":"North No. 4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}