Teardrop vase fresh from the kiln #pottery

A little sipper #pottery

A lil cutie from the last firing #pottery

Finally found a mason stain that stays pink with my zinc crystalline glaze, thanks to one of my students! #pottery #crystallineGlaze

I ended up firing a few small vases this week. I have a bunch of cobalt glaze left from my crystalline class, so I decided to add a little bit into my purple glaze. It definitely made it more blue tones, and the crystals are silver, not gold. #pottery

I finished decorating a batch of these little vases last week, they are so fun! Next, time to fire them once I unload a glaze kiln of mostly student work #pottery

I need to get glazing! Whew!

Dramatic lighting on my kitchen counter this morning #pottery #vase

Turquoise vase, 2025 #pottery #crystallineGlaze

I’m still trying to get this opal glaze just right. I reduced the manganese in this batch, but I think I can add a little more back in #pottery #teacup

I love this glaze in the sunlight 😍 #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

My opal glaze came out extra green on this piece. I modified the colorants slightly and am waiting patiently (well, sort of) to unload my kiln and see how it turned out! #pottery #vase

Wall plate, 2025 #pottery #ceramics

Teal teapot #pottery #teapot

I love when the sunlight hits my pots when I’m set up at art fairs. It really makes them shine! #pottery #ceramics

Loving my new base crystalline recipe. It grows nice crystals and doesn’t drip too much (though it does drip a little!) #pottery #crystallineGlaze

I’m loving teapot and teacup sets lately. I always say I need to make more teapots and when I do I’m always happy I did! #pottery #ceramics #teapot

I need to make some more darted pitchers soon! #pottery #ceramics

Teacup and saucer. I made three matching saucers in this batch of teacups and they look so cute! #pottery #teacup #ceramics

Finally put this cream glaze into production. I’m loving the shape of the gold crystals! #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

This is a rare glaze combo- usually I only use one glaze. I love how my liner glaze interacts with the opal glaze to create that bright blue! #pottery #ceramics

Just unloaded the kiln and could not resist posting one of my fresh pots. My new crystalline formula is not disappointing! #pottery #teacup #crystallineGlaze

I scaled up the turquoise crystalline test and got much better results! It’s amazing how much 0.1 alumina by UMF affects crystal growth (plus some other minor differences). This was a 3hr hold. I’ll continue experimenting to get big crystals without the glaze running off the pot #crystallineGlaze

I got a pretty good test of the white/gold crystalline glaze! I’m figuring out how thick it likes to be - not too thick and not too thin, otherwise it has no crystals or way too many. It’s no joke that crystalline glazes are super picky about everything! Keeping me on my toes! #crystallineGlaze

Going to scale these tests up! I finally got a gold titanium crystalline to work (left). The one on the right has less alumina than my usual recipe and still isn’t running, but has bigger crystals. This was only a 2hr hold. #pottery #crystallineGlaze

I’m working on crystalline glaze formulas, trying to strike a balance between crystal growth and it not running. This one has 0.3 alumina by UMF, which is almost as high as you can go. I think it is a bit too stiff, as I didn’t get very big crystals even with a 3hr hold #crystallineGlaze #pottery

My opal glaze over blue stained porcelain #pottery #ceramics #vase

I’m excited to get back into the studio and work on some new vases after a trip camping in the White Mountains #pottery #ceramics #vase

A vase in amber. I love the shape of this one #pottery #ceramics

I think I need to make more jars! They are so fun #pottery #ceramics #jar

Working on some improvements to my crystalline glaze. I think I’ll take this one to production! Fired to 2220F and held at 1940F for 1 hr. #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

I scaled up my matte glaze test! Excited to glaze more pieces in it now that I know it looks good on this tea/cappuccino cup #pottery #ceramics

New glaze tests! Barium makes such lovely colors. I’m going to make a couple more tests with a similar base, using manganese and iron as colorants. #pottery #glaze

Product testing one of my vases 😍 #pottery #ceramics #flowers

I’ve been making some teacups lately, they are so cute and I love the tiny handles #pottery #ceramics #teacup

Worked on a framed flower piece today! #pottery #ceramics

Going to work more on these framed flower designs #pottery #ceramics

Had to get a pic of this vase before it sold yesterday. It’s my new purple/yellow glaze over blue stained clay. #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

Tried a new design, not sure how I feel about it yet. #pottery #ceramics

I modified the colorants by 1% and I think this is going to become my favorite glaze. It was too peachy before; now it has lovely blue and bronze shades!

New pots fresh from the kiln! Getting into doing some florals. #pottery #ceramics

Working on another batch of pots for the Grand Haven Art Festival the end of June, but here is one from my last firing #pottery #ceramics

Still loving these tiny bowls #pottery #ceramics

Y’all I need some new glaze colors! Gotta get my test kiln up and running #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

Variation on a theme, with some banding in the middle #pottery #ceramics

Finally figuring this glaze out. I thinned it out quite a bit and am getting much better crystals now #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze

Sugar jar 🧁 #pottery #ceramics

Pushed the peak temp a bit hotter and the crystalline hold a bit longer this time. Trying to find the sweet spot - it’s getting there! #pottery #ceramics #crystallineGlaze #crystallinePottery

Juicy new bowls #pottery #ceramics

I’ve been enjoying making pour over sets this year! #pottery #ceramics #pourOver