Being a chronically ill full time artist who very much needs the income from the art I make really sucks some days especially. 🧵🪡

I really like to imagine some seriously corrupt 17th century Catholic bishop or something seeing today’s American Christian Nationalists and gasping, “Wow, those guys are seriously depraved.”

A golden horned mug that says what you’re thinking. www.erikarier.com/shop/morally...

I couldn’t go protest today because I’m too far behind on deadlines, but the Fear Witch and me burned the fears of a bunch of folks who gave them to her during my last show.

Next week a class that I’m so excited about starts in my Portland, OR studio. I’ll walk students through making ceramic play sets that can sit on a table or hang on a wall! Come play in my studio. This class is great for all experience levels including beginners. www.erikarier.com/shop/play-se...

Ah to be a songbird on a sunny spring morning rather than a cog in a fascist capitalist regime toiling away without respite.

Going to dip my toe into the cursive writing discourse: I did teach my daughter to read cursive because I have a few generations of my family’s letters and other written ephemera and it’s important to me that she is able to read this and other older written records.

I’ve been teaching at various studios for the past 10 years and now I’m moving more to just teaching out of my own studio. The best part of this is any class idea I think of I can throw out to the world and see if some people are interested in the idea.

I’m just wrapping up two comics projects I’m hoping to release in the next few weeks that are on two opposite ends of my work. It’s been per weird to work on a bigger one about Medusa/misogyny while also writing, True Facts About Butts. Really excited to share both of these with all of you soon.

I’ve not really been posting here lately, I check-in each day a bit because overall I do like this platform but as an artist, even an artist who makes work that is often directly political, I just don’t feel like the platform is that interested in art outside a very narrow area.

Hey Portland, OR, get out of your house this Saturday and come out to support public arts education and local artists at Buckman Elementary’s annual Art Show & Sell. My first event of the year and I’m so excited to see everyone.

Still a few more weeks to sign up for my Comics for Self-Reflection class in Portland, OR! No drawing experience in required, just a desire to find a journaling practice that feels right for you. www.erikarier.com/shop/comics-...

Another cathartic goblet www.erikarier.com/shop/definit...

Ceramic playsets are one of my favorite things to make and you can come make them with me. In this 4 week class you’ll learn slab, pinch, and coil building techniques, as well as underglaze and glaze application! All of this takes place in my cozy and bright SE Portland, Oregon studio.

I’m working on a small batch of ceramics that I’ll be releasing on a front page obituary kind of day, like this wine goblet I’m about to glaze.

As our world gets more turned upside down everyday and as our media landscape becomes more consolidated, we must find ways to stay engaged in what’s going on in ways that don’t grind us to dust.

I’m calling this series of mugs: Big Hair, Big Ideas. The comics on them I call conversation collages, I assemble pieces of overheard conversations into new conversations. These are little one of a kind pieces of art that you drink your coffee out of. www.erikarier.com/shop/forever...

Added a new piece to my shop in honor of the state of the union tonight. www.erikarier.com/shop/fuck-th...

I’ve been reading this book focused on a variety of figures leading up to the French Revolution and this quote just popped out at me: “Ségur was given a friendly welcome when he returned: Potemkin asked various questions about the United States…

It’s hard to figure out how we can fight everything that is happening right now especially while we’re all being simultaneously ground to dust by capitalism but every little action we can take is important.

Scanned this entire book again because my new scanner is so much better and I finally hand-cut and assembled a new batch. www.erikarier.com/shop/a-daugh...

There are so many terrible things happening in the world right now that I feel like we could write an entire set of new lyrics every week for The Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil and never repeat something from the previous week.

Really excited for this upcoming class I’ll be teaching in my Portland, OR studio. It’s all about integrating comics into a daily journaling practice. I think it will be fun and informative. www.erikarier.com/shop/comics-...

You have until 2/8 to get the 10% off, early bird special on all my spring classes in my Portland, OR studio! www.erikarier.com

From the moment ICE was founded, I have always been sure that it was designed to be a tool of oppression and terror. It is functioning as intended which means the only option is to abolish ice.

A mug for the moment that I’m currently painting

Really excited about this class I’ll be hosting in my SE Portland, Oregon studio. It’s a three week crash course into illustrated ceramics that will be overflowing with technique instruction within a fun format. Just 2 spots left! www.erikarier.com/shop/witchy-...

Started this goblet a few weeks ago, feels appropriate to be painting it now.

I’ve spent today in a complete catatonic state, I just don’t know how much more of this I can take but I can’t help but feel we’re only at the beginning. A reminder…

Still a little time to sign up for my witchy incense burner class. You’ll learn to coil build little creatures, paint them, and glaze them in just three sessions. It’s like a crash course in handbuilding. www.erikarier.com/shop/witchy-...

Come learn handbuilding with me, Portland! www.morningceramics.com/events-1/mlh...

Sorting photos for a grant application and stumbled upon photos of this piece that I feel like is one of my favorites from last year. It’s titled: Useless Vessel

A little trick I have for encouraging myself to work in my sketchbook instead of doomscrolling: my coffee table is covered w/candy dishes that I fill with pens & markers. I try to add a few new ones each month in colors that make me excited. This has worked surprisingly well as an enticement to draw

If you’re looking to get out of your house and off your phone, come take a class with me in Portland, Oregon! I just posted my spring classes. www.erikarier.com

If you live in Portland, Oregon and have ever wanted to learn how I make my hand-cut zines and comics, I’m teaching a little intro into my techniques next week at Outlet! www.outletpdx.com/events/accor...

Being an artist right now, with everything happening in our country and the world, is a weird experience. Getting to make art right now is something so precious but also heavy with responsibility. I cannot help but think of the place of my art in this moment in time.

A little detail shot from my new art comic zine book thing I’m working on. I’m excited about the painting on this page but even more excited about the words. So excited to share the finished book with you all.

It’s hard not to be cynical & feel like Minneapolis & Portland weren’t reacting the way the regime hoped & to speed up their plans for stripping more of our freedoms away in response to mass protests, so they’re provoking us, but that’s probably just the 90s angsty teenage conspiracy theorist in me.

Just a reminder… www.erikarier.com

Did somebody say sale? 25% of ceramics & zines with code: NEWYEARSALE26 www.erikarier.com

Spending the last bit of 2025 in my sketchbook for the most part. I will be also heading out to one my my favorite spots for a few hours but will probably bring my sketchbook there too.

Hey Portland friends, now that the holidays are winding down, my classes for my winter session are quickly filling up. I still have space in the class I’m most excited about though, Put Your Hands to Work. Make more art! www.erikarier.com/shop/put-you... www.erikarier.com/shop/put-you...

Thank you for sharing this book @legalizegoblins.bsky.social , this book is particularly special to me so I’m happy you enjoy it!

This new wall plate set just landed in my shop www.erikarier.com/shop/the-c-w...

The pollen sniffer has reached her final destination. And looks good. Thanks @erikarier.bsky.social it's a beautiful piece.

My studio classes are filling up quickly, only one spot left in my Creepy Containers class. Come be cozy this winter and take a class with me in my mint green Portland, Oregon studio! www.erikarier.com/shop/creepy-...

2026 is just around the corner. I make each copy of this calendar myself which means….not a lot more time to snag a copy!

For all you art bros out there, not that you’d be looking at such girly art since you think the feminine perspective doesn’t apply to you anyway 💅 www.erikarier.com/shop/your-ae... www.erikarier.com/shop/i-never...

Just two ladies chatting it up. www.erikarier.com/shop/youre-a... www.erikarier.com/shop/your-sh...

I would do just about anything for folks to only but stuff from me online so I never needed to do another market again but…. If you’re in Portland, OR today come see me at this market😂 Or you can shop online: www.erikarier.com