The journal · Place & memory

Listening to Local Voices for the Timmins Mug

A northern town outside our usual route called for community-led detail.

After drawing several Northwestern Ontario communities, I wanted to reach farther into the North. Timmins was not a town I could tell solely from my own visits, so local input mattered in deciding which details belonged on the mug.

Artist Ashley Ann’s hand-drawn process for The Timmins Mug
The Timmins drawing in progress.

See the finished mug

Explore the artwork and find current shop information on The Timmins Mug page. The mug is carried through Ciao Sandwich; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.

A gift idea with a real place behind it

A town mug is a useful way to thank someone who introduced you to Timmins. Point out McIntyre Headframe and Hollinger Open Pit in the drawing and tell them what you learned about the place through them. That conversation is part of the gift.

Soli Deo Gloria,Ashley Ann’s handwritten signature

Ashley Ann

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