My first shift as a studio tech officially on Friday - it was so much fun. Here’s some marbled clay saucers I completed. Hyper focused production is something I am yet to master! #studio #pottery #ceramics #art #design #clay

Life through the lens. Cross sectional view of English Oak (Quercus robur) at 40x magnification.

Saturday morning moonies #ceramics #moonjar #art

Another AJ ALLEN piece. This time a 60s/70s bar stool. So wholesome to connect with my heritage & family like this. My thanks to an American friend who spotted it on eBay. If you have an AJ Allen piece of furniture - I’d love to hear from you! #heritage #family #furniture #history #20thcentury #pub

Series of incised horizontal lines, representing staves for music notations? Some of which was seen pencilled in with notations rather than carved - using stone as a practice sheet perhaps whilst waiting on steps? If these walls could sing? #historicgraffiti #music #archaeology #historicbuildings

Gale force winds, narrow winder stairs and extra spiders.. back at Ottery church recording historic graffiti. Archaeology for the win ! 💨 #archaeology #graffiti #historicbuildings #history #church #Devon #WeekCforCloseUp

Sgraffito: A form of plaster decoration where the surface is scratched away to reveal the layer beneath, often in a contrasting colour.

#WeekCforCloseUp The ginormous Roman Snails, helix pomatia, found at North Leigh Roman Villa - a popular delicacy of Romano-British cuisine, brought in over c.1,800 years ago! #snail #ecology #history #archaeology #cuisine

We have some excellent abstract/summaries for the WtPTwo2026 event and you will soon find out what a great day this will be. We have had only one contribution from an architectural practice, and this is surprising given how many of you are conservation accredited and specifying lime -do get in touch

This chap was spotted over Xmas, close to Kilchoan. #WeekCForCloseUp #Scotland #wildlife #stag #canon

So happy to have finally seen the northern lights over my house in south-west! Thanks @limefinishes.bsky.social for the heads up (from all the way in Scotland!) #Exeter #Devon #NorthernLights #auroraborealis #nightsky #stars

Wheel and space to rent in Exeter! I will also have a weekly rentable Rhode HMT600 wheel next month. Pass info on to anyone you may know who would be interested! #ceramics #Exeter #art #culture #pottery #Devon

Some of Octobers work. Reflecting on some of the brilliant Bronze Age decorated ware before spending the day in the studio tomorrow. #pottery #archaeology #clay #BronzeAge #ceramics #prehistory #illustration #materialculture

My dad’s hifi from 1985. 🤩

"It will not be enough to take a few snapshots of the prettier pieces. These old houses deserve to be studied as systematically & as seriously as Ostia or Knossos or Ur" The more I read of William Pantin, the more I admire him #buildingsarchaeology #historicfabric #archaeology

Any buildings archaeologists use LiDAR apps to record rooms/ buildings? If so, what do you use/ recommend please? I’d like to trial and add to record if poss (of course not replacing traditional recording methods & site camera) #LiDAR #recording #survey #buildingsarchaeology #archaeology

They certainly don’t make them like they used to… or do they. Mawley Hall, Shropshire.

Skies lighting up Eigg #photography #Eigg #Scotland #landscape

Small disused boat shed, with lots of narrative development just from its surviving snippets of surface finish. #drivebyarchaeology #archaeology #finishes #LFG #livelaughlime #Scotland

Back in Scotland for Christmas! So glad to have checked out of work for a bit of time. Enjoy a Poochie ear view of Glencoe #scotland #Christmas #roadtrip #dog #dogearview

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Fired my first ever kiln load this week. It was terrifying on so many levels, but most of all seeing the unit glow at 1250 degrees! If anything it really put prehistoric pottery in to perspective. Now to work on levelling up my work 🙃 no excuses now… #ceramics #pottery #kiln #archaeology

Just had some lovely news, the church craft fair I did last week, I helped contribute to the £2000 raised, which is phenomenal for a small community over two days! 👏🏼 #church #heritageregeneration #devon #craft #art #history

At last craft fayre of the year! Tavistock, Butchers Hall! See you there! #art #craft #ceramics

How genius is this? Local artisans showcasing their work at their church. Each ‘shop’ uses the pews for display! Pews well protected with foam and clasps underneath. Really lovely to give back to the church I grew up with! #xmas #heritageregeneration #historicbuilding #church #art #history #Devon

Tis about that time of year. Eucalyptus from the garden, foraged and dried honestly, dried orange and cinnamon. Smells delish! #xmas #wreathmaking #floral #art

It’s a hard life being a mutt 🐶 #dog #friyay

In summary of our archaeological journey with surface finishes… #archaeology #LFG #CarlSagan 👨‍🚀

My talk for the #LFG tomorrow evening which challenges the archaeological community to better consider surface finishes. If you would like to join the conversation, and join the LFG please get in touch with @limefinishes.bsky.social #archaeology #buildingsarchaeology #history

Think girl with the pearl earring, but a stormtrooper with a Xmas hat… new Xmas card print just dropped 🤌🏼 #StarWars #historyofart #printing #xmas #Christmas #xmascard #history #linoprint #art

Sunday morning print sesh! #printmaking

#stratigraphysaturday Layers of crucial evidence for the continued maintenance of our buildings, with hints of colour… #archaeology #historicbuildings #buildingsarchaeology #stratigraphy

Stack inserted into a former agricultural range, providing separate services for the adjacent house, c1860s. The stack has been reworked to fit a later stove & likely still active into mid-20thc. Small copper was added later to left; brick built it was separately heated below #buildingsarchaeology

@bsky.app Groined ceiling at Fort George, Inverness with traces of limewash.

#stratigraphysunday 2x recruitment posters 1 dated 1906 for militia recruitment boosting numbers post-Boer War (right). The other is likely earlier going by uniform & styles. Slapped onto cut & reset panelling, within an altered space to FF of a market house. This was used a war office through WWI

This is when I enjoy my job the most. Revelling at the most exposed features, which would normally be well hidden. The former owner supposedly went to bed with an umbrella ☂️… #buildingsarchaeology #thatch #historicbuildings

Chestnut foraging! 🍂 #autumn

How much historic colour are we missing colour from our streets? #history #colour #paint #LFG #archaeology

Fresh out the kiln! Mousey butter/ cheese dishes. Am taking orders for Xmas (🫣), DM if you’d like one! #clay #claydesign #ceramics #pottery #christmas2025

My fave feature from today & a nice follow on from last night LFG talk by Joe Thompson. This is an inserted/altered stack with 17thc repurposed beam, flipped & incised in the 18thc to mimic a brick segmental lintel. Love spotting cheap, resourceful upgrades #buildingsarchaeology #archaeology #LFG

Historic graffiti recording yesterday, out of all of it, this I found most stirring. Couple of youngsters up the tower scratched their names into the lead of church roof, alongside their evacuation year. One of them I found is a new find #archaeology #history #WWII #graffiti #church #London #Devon

At a time when we are losing hand skills, I can’t figure out why the uptake for this course is so poor. Robbie is a world class class cutter, great teacher and lovely man and of course Cromarty is the best place in Scotland. Contact the Cromarty Arts Trust and book your place 👌👍

These wall paintings in the church of San Martín de Arbulo were under 4 layers of paint and are believed to be from around the 12th & 13th centuries. The article links to another from 2018 on the website for Álava Medieval/Erdi Aroko Araba with more images, here: alavamedieval.com/las-misterio...

Image of a luggage porter St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. I found lots of evidence of limewashed granite buildings when I was last there a couple of summers ago. At this point the wash is fading (c.1900), with a more prominent pointing standing proud. #archaeology #LFG

Archaeology meets ecology! Drawing up a section at Stowey Castle and this little fella kept zooming through my grid, tumbling in & out of the stone courses. He is a common shrew, a species protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981! 🦉 🐭 #archaeology #ecology #castle #historicbuildings

Hacked 17thc panelling with grooved detailing, partially reset within an altered 19thc partition. Resourcefulness or brutality? #archaeology #buildingsarchaeology #historicbuildings

Just gotta share Babushka Scarecrow! #allotment #scarecrow #gyo

Made some paint using foraged ochre. After processing the material, this batch was mixed with gum arabic, though keen to experiment with other oils. #geology #ochre #earthtones #archaeology #art

Ahhhh prepare for puppy spam 😍 this is Mango 🥭 my bros pup. #mango #puppy #dog #toebeans

You’re a funny looking squash! Just been up to water and found the friendly allotment cat Chase snoozin in the squash patch! #allotment #cat #squash #gyo