The Winter Forest Moomin Mug was the Winter season mug of 2012. The Winter Forest mug’s illustration was taken from a couple of different Tove Jansson’s works. But the most peculiar source of the illustration was from Tove Jansson’s letter made for children, who had written to Santa Claus in Finland. The letter was published in English in 1963. The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs had ordered the letter from Jansson to boost Finland’s image abroad. The letter’s impact on the mug’s illustration was significant, the reindeer, clearly the biggest character on the mug, was taken from the letter.

The illustration on the Sliding Moomin mug shows several different characters go down the hill with various styles. In addition to the more familiar characters, such as Moominpappa and Moomintroll, the mug features some of the lesser known characters like the walrus Edward and Shadow. This is the first time that walrus Edward features in a Moomin mug. Shadow however was featured in the winter seasonal mug Winter Bonfire in 2008. The Sliding collection was designed by Tove Slotte and includes a mug and a bowl.

All Arabia Moomin mugs - find your favourite! All sorts of exciting things happen around Moominvalley all the time. In addition to the Moomins, the valley is inhabited by mymbles, hemulens, fillyjonks and all kinds of small toffles and whompers. The outside world consist of dangers, adventures, even catastrophes as well as enjoyable friendly outings and juice parties. The doors of Moominhouse are always open to Moomins returning home or to wandering vagabonds and other guests. Welcome to the colourful world of the Moomins!

Tove Slotte

Arabia’s Moomins are turned from stories to ceramic illustrations by designer Tove Slotte. She has been drawing Moomins onto Arabia items since the beginning of the 1990s. The designer draws inspiration from Tove Jansson’s original illustrations, which she adapts to ceramic shapes. The Moomins have always been close to Tove Slotte’s heart. She articulated the significance of the Moomins nicely when she said: I think everyone should enjoy a little dose of Moomin philosophy every day.