Lockport's canal story offered a clear way into the drawing. St. Dennis Church and other familiar features add texture, while the waterway connects the illustration to the reason this town looks and feels like itself.
Details in the drawing
The wraparound artwork includes Illinois and Michigan Canal, Gaylord Building, Historic Lockport Clock and St. Dennis Church. Each is part of the place this mug was drawn to remember.
See the finished mug
Explore the artwork and find current shop information on The Lockport Mug page. The mug is carried through Krema Coffee; please check the mug page or contact the shop before making a special trip.
A gift idea with a real place behind it
For a friend who has moved away, the familiar names in the artwork do the work: Illinois and Michigan Canal and Gaylord Building are reminders of an actual place. Include a note naming the moment you shared there, or ask which detail they noticed first when you give it to them.
The shop and the coffee
Krema says it sources and roasts coffee in small batches. Its Lockport shop carried the first run of the Lockport Mug, which sold out and was restocked. Pairing a bag of Krema coffee with the mug brings the State Street shop into the gift without claiming a particular roast or current inventory. Read Krema Coffee Roasters’s own story for its current coffee offerings.
Ashley Ann