A wavy edged tumbler glazed in Mayco Tiger’s Eye and Amaco Oatmeal #pottery #ceramics #art

A dragon mug made for a friend’s birthday! #pottery #ceramics #art #dragon

More earrings and a pendant necklace! #earrings #necklace #ceramics #pottery #jewelry #art #handmade

My first self-draining sponge holder! #pottery #ceramics #art #spongeholder

My first venture into the land of earrings! #pottery #ceramics #jewelry #handmade #art

A pretty purple plate alongside pretty purple flowers 🪻 #ceramics #pottery #art #spring

Pics of an Egyptian lotus-inspired cup. Symbolic of the sun and rebirth to the ancient Egyptians who saw the flowers open every morning and close every night on the Nile, what better time to celebrate the ideas embodied in the lotus than springtime here in the US? 🪷🌅 #pottery #ceramics #art #spring

A quick mugshot before this fella goes off to its new owner! #pottery #ceramics #art #mug

A bowl that’s also a mirror! 🪞 The glaze on this one got super reflective, especially on the inside. #pottery #ceramics #art #bowl #nature

Mug photoshoot or an excuse to play in the creek? Two things can be true 😌 #pottery #ceramics #mug #nature #creek

Just finished underglazing a springy gnome mug! 🌸 My eyes may be permanently crossed from the fine details, but I’m really happy with how it’s turned out so far. To the bisque fire we go! #ceramics #pottery #art #gnome #spring #mug

My very first teapot (inspired by Japanese kyusu)! It’s slowly drying now, but I’m already thinking about how I want to glaze it. #pottery #ceramics #art #teapot

A gnome for mom for Christmas 🎄 #gnome #pottery #ceramics #art

The life cycle of a lidded jar from greenware to glaze fire! #pottery #ceramics #art

My second student art show at my local studio! We had a great turnout despite the wintry weather ❄️ #ceramics #pottery #art

Fancy, the studio assistant, weighs in on the creative process 🏺🐾 #pottery #ceramics #art #cats

Gnome alert! #ceramics #pottery #art #gnome

My first student art show! Had a great time showing the pieces I made from my intermediate wheel class and being with friends and family. #pottery #ceramics #art

Another batch of #pottery out of the kiln! This time a mug, a pitcher, and a bowl. I was hoping for the mug to be a bit pinker and the bowl to be a bit more amber and green/blue, but I’m overall pretty pleased with how they turned out. The bowl’s glazes will need some more troubleshooting, though.

First load of pieces from my intermediate pottery class out of the kiln! Decided to try out the studio’s glazes rather than use my own brush-on glazes for most of the pieces, and the results were interesting! #pottery #ceramics

The pitcher handles have been handled! Now it’s on to the bisque firing when they dry out enough. #pottery #ceramics

An assortment of bisqueware and greenware made in my pottery class! Several vases, a closed form with a pocked texture, and two pitchers (currently without handles). #pottery #ceramics

Some green and bisqueware from my intermediate #pottery class! We’ve been focusing on rims and feet and planning when pulling walls—knowing what you want the end result to be and setting that shape in the first few pulls. Much more thought than I’ve put into it than before! #ceramics

So happy to be back in the studio now that our move is done. First thing I did after getting settled was sign up for an intermediate class at a local studio. I clearly have my priorities straight. 😂 #pottery #ceramics

Last batch of glazed ware out of the kiln before a little hiatus from pottery as we move! Here’s a bowl and soup mug both glazed in Mayco’s Stoned Denim. #pottery #ceramics

Some bowls I got back from the kiln yesterday! I’m especially loving the black and blue one. I was hoping for something a bit more dramatic from Chun Plum on the white one, but live and learn 🤷🏼‍♂️ #pottery #ceramics

A summery butterfly mug! 🦋 White stoneware, an assortment of underglazes, and a zinc-free clear glaze over it all. #ceramics #pottery

A baby planter and mug back from the kiln. The planter was a glaze test with Amaco’s Palladium that a friend gave me for my birthday and the mug an attempt to see how Amaco Obsidian and Mayco Green Tea played together. Not totally loving the mug results but good knowledge to have! #pottery #ceramics

A few bud vases back from the kiln! Pictures truly do not do this glaze, its mirror sheen, and its crystals justice. I know Amaco’s Cosmos glazes can be finicky, but I have never had anything but really cool results once I got the hang of how to use them. #pottery #ceramics #Amaco #budvases

for pride this year, I humbly offer a little giveaway for art of your LGBTQ+ OC couples! Any and all are welcome. 🌈 + #artraffle + #artgiveaway +

A matching teacup and saucer that I got back from the kiln recently! These are glazed with two coats of #Mayco Tiger’s Eye and then another two coats of Mayco Green Tea over that. I really love the flowing green and the brown breaks over texture! #pottery #ceramics #teacup

19. An Illustrated Guide to Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts by @rowynnellis.bsky.social 5/5 ⭐️ The illustrations! Pick this book up for the illustrations alone. This book is full of great art, fascinating folklore, and super helpful #Welsh pronunciation guides! #booksky 📚💙 #Wales #mythology

Some glazed work back from the kiln! A lopsided vase used as a test for glaze (love how the glaze looks but troubleshooting the pin-holing going forward!) and a funky little spittoon-like vessel that the bff wants to use for dipping sauces. 😂 #pottery #ceramics

Did some underglazing on two mugs today. 🌼🦋 #pottery #ceramics

Sculpted red-winged blackbird on the mug handle, carved and painted cattails, and a painted pond in the mug. Had a lot of fun doing this one, and I think it turned out pretty well for a beginner! Was inspired by the amazing environmental work of @kelseyceramics.bsky.social #pottery #nature #ceramics

A day at the #pottery studio: trimmed a bowl, attached a handle to a mug (it looks like a butterfly wing!), and threw two small bud vases. #ceramics

A mug with a handle inspired by Scandinavian dreki longships (the ships with the dragon heads!). This was my first time doing sculpting, and I’d love to revisit the idea again. Glazed with Chun Plum and Ironstone outside, just Chun Plum inside to give the dragon a belly of fire! #pottery #viking

Another experiment with Amaco’s Dark Star on a small textured planter. I’m really loving the dark metallic oil slick sheen to it. #pottery #ceramics

Some more glazed work from this recent firing #pottery #ceramics

Just picked up a batch of glazed work, and I’m so proud of how it turned out! I’ve really struggled with brush-on glazing, but I finally feel like I’m getting the hang of it. 😁 #pottery #ceramics

Here’s a funky little bud vase glazed in Amaco’s Dark Star. Brushed it on a little too lightly, I think, but the reflective metallic sheen near the top is really cool! #pottery #amaco

First experiment in brushing on glazes has returned from the kiln! Results varied but overall it was good practice! Despite doing 3 layers of glaze on the outside, I think my layers just aren’t thick enough. Mayco Peacock was too thin and pale and Amaco Blue Midnight was too dark. #pottery

A day of firsts for #pottery: first time painting with underglazes and first time using a carving tool to outline designs on a piece! Here’s a mug with painted and carved cattails on the outside, a painted lake on the inside, and a red-winged blackbird atop the handle. Hope it survives the kiln!

Another productive day at the studio. Attached a sculpted bird and slab handle to a mug body, made a 3 pound vase/jar (the most clay I’ve successfully thrown to date!!), threw another mug body, and did some trimming to last week’s work. 🐦‍⬛ #pottery #ceramics

Short visit to the studio today produced a bowl, a mug body, and a vase that looks peculiarly similar to a spittoon 😂 #pottery #ceramics

Dropped off 9 pieces to be bisqued this week. 4 bowls, 2 mugs, a tumbler, a vase, and a dish. I’m excited about one mug with a sculptural handle (that’s unfortunately partially cut off in this photo)—I was going for a dragon head like the kind mounted on the prow of a longship 🐲 #pottery

Trimmed a little mug/cup/vase(?) [I honestly don’t know what to call it lol] and threw a quirky vase and a bowl today at the #pottery studio! The bowl is 2 lbs of clay (or was when I started centering) but had a hard time pulling up all that clay from the bottom. More things to practice and learn!

Update: All but one piece survived the bisque fire! Glazed them all yesterday at the studio (and discovered that glazing may be my least favorite part of the pottery process 😂) and left them for their final firing! #pottery

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Finally got over my hurdle of centering and throwing over 1.5 lbs of clay. By the end, I felt like I was finally understanding parts of centering that I hadn’t previously. Gotta engage the pinky and be intentional about coning! Attached are some of today’s creations. #pottery