Collecting those adorable Moomin mugs seems to be really popular nowadays. I personally own (only) 10 of them. Collecting them all is a lost cause, seeing the prices they go for. But I won't be disheartened! Design Museum Arabia's Moomin mugs exhibition or
Mugs with a story to tell - Moomin (Mukit joilla on tarina - Muumit) as the real name of the exhibition goes and Ateneum’s Tove Jansson 100th anniversary exhibition left me really enthralled and inspired!
I feel the need...the need for designing my own Moomin mug!!
The already existing mug are cute and all, but sometimes they just feel too nice and kind. The Moomins I remember from Tove Jansson's books and comics were more edgy not in their shape but in their character. Not that there is anything wrong with nice and kind, but you know how a little variation can be refreshing?
I'm just waiting for the day to come when they decide to take Snufkin's pipe away, because showing any kind of smoking is a big no-no nowadays... Think about the children!! For once, let's not think about the children. I give you the Moomin mugs I'd love to own:
Moomintroll and puukko! (Muumipeikko ja puukko) - out of context -
And it comes in different colors! Collect them all!*
(*not actually collectable)
Angostura (Rescue) (Angostura (Pelastus)) -in the right context-
(Angostura is a carnivorous plant, however I do not know what it is called in the English translation.)
-Pottasuti! Senkin vanha rotanhäntärutto! Olet itsestäänkuolleen sian mahanpurupainajainen! huusi Muumi taas heilutellen veistään. Muumi heilutteli veistään ja knips knaps leikkasi irti yhden Angosturan oksista ja jatkoi kunnes pensaasta oli pelkkä kanto jäljellä.
- Oi miten rohkea sinä olet! Niiskuneiti henkäisi.
- Äsh, tämmöistähän minä teen joka päivä. Muumi sanoi.
(lyhennetty) lainaus kirjasta Muumiperheen minikirjasto sarja 2 nro 10: Muumi kohtaa Niiskuneidin
Ruotsinkielinen alkuteos: Mumin möter Snorkfröken, text by Noomi Herbert, illustrations by Ilkka Ruokola, colouring by Jan Solheim. ©Moomin Characters/Bulls/Telecable Benelux B.V.
BonnierCarlsen, Suomessa julkaissut Kustannus Oy Kolibri 1993
The illustrations on the mugs are from a children's book "Moomin meets Snorkmaiden" illustrations by Ilkka Ruokola and colouring by Jan Solheim. 1993 ! These mugs do not actually exist. Made for humor purposes only!
