A funny, even kind of heart warming story from my life. About a year and a half ago, we bought a duplex with our daughter and her boyfriend. They both have successful jobs working in restaurants, while I have a tenuous career as an artist and my husband was laid off last year.

I always forget to pick up flowers for my vessels at markets. Not today, ended up at a farmers market and found this beauties that match my table perfectly.

I’m working on a huge installation of plates that will hang on the wall for my solo show that opens in a few weeks in Portland. They are all women with word bubbles who will be talking. These are the last two plates I just finished sketching and they’re ready to paint.

So many cool trans people at the Punk Rock Flea Market today. I feel like I'm pretty cool but they way out-cooled me. Lovely to be around so many other gay freaks, weirdos, and artists. Also, I got to see @erikarier.bsky.social and get one of her amazing art books!

Just a little reminder that I’ll be at the Punk Rock Flea Market in Seattle this weekend and these guys will be with me. The world is imploding so come be in the most awesome community I have found in a long time, @prfmseattle.bsky.social

Each one of Portland artist Erika Rier’s sculpted creatures has its own story, and most of them are at least a little unsettling. Join us for Anatomy of a Sculpture!

Another daily sketchbook comic touching on something we can all relate to I’m sure.

This style of mug is my favorite to make but this is the only one I’ve made this year. Between the lady and cat one-of-kind comic on every cup and the brass knuckle handle these cups always make me smile. www.erikarier.com/shop/lets-ma...

I’ve had my eye on a specific birthday gift for my sweetheart all year and it’s made in the UK. Because it’s a seasonal item I had to wait until now to buy it and the tariffs for a purchase that was under $100 came out to $44😭😭😭

Also, can people please stop using Amazon already? I can’t drive because of a vision issue, have difficult to manage chronic illness, and I run a small business. I still am able to order everything online it just takes a little more research now. I’m tired of the excuses.

I started to write a daily comic my sketchbook last month every morning as a way of clearing my mind and getting focused for the day ahead. Often they are silly or about me working too much. Increasingly they are about politics because how could they not

Finally had decided to catch up on Star Wars after not watching anything in the series since the original 3 movies but had to give up now that Disney decided to roll over for fascists. I’ve stopped using so many companies over the last year but the list is growing at such a rapid clip these days.

The article about my sculpture, And Chain, is up on the @thestranger.com website!! www.thestranger.com/fall-arts-20...

This weekend! Seattle! I’ve made so many weirdos for you weirdos! Come see me at @prfmseattle.bsky.social

I had the first private workshop in my studio last night for a group of 4 and they made fantastically bizarre things! www.erikarier.com/shop/private...

Last night Sir Fifi had an adventure in the middle of the night so I drew a comic about it and also managed to grab the most perfect photos of him ever.

Here is an elegantly creepy sculptural ceramic vessel to distract you for a moment from the horrors of the world. www.erikarier.com/shop/what-is...

Someone on here a few weeks ago posted something about how we’re going to look back on this time as a slow civil war and I’m really stuck on this idea. There are so many parts of it that remind of the time right before and right after the American civil war as well.

How much longer can I just keep plopping along like everything is normal when EVERYTHING IS NOT NORMAL?!?!?

The thought I keep being preoccupied by is why are so many billionaires and extremely wealthy going along with this? The current system has made them richer than anyone has ever been before, shouldn’t they be fighting to uphold the system that got them so fantastically rich?

Another artist visited the studio today & we were talking about how so many artists are afraid of being cringe and how boring the art scene is these days as a result. Artists need to be taking risks or art stagnates. Art does not need to be cool and aloof, it needs to be full of emotion & feeling.

Just finished the July illustration for my 2026 calendar. Preorders will be open until Wednesday, save $7 and get free shipping! www.erikarier.com/shop/2025-ce...

I am a powerful person, a stressed out but powerful person. www.erikarier.com/shop/powerfu...

Reading a book about the French Revolution which quotes Hippolyte Taine,“They allow themselves to be taken, going quietly to prison; to make an uproar would be in bad taste; it is necessary, above all things, to remain what they are, well-bred people of society.” Giving strong Democratic Party vibes

I’m decidedly not a Christian but would be totally fine with Jesus coming back just for the lolz. His response to what these idiots are doing in his name would be very funny.

People often express to me that they can’t believe the creative output I have as an artist. Here’s the honest truth about my productivity: I make this much work because I have to to survive financially. If I could make less work and take a day off every week I’d be so much happier.

Been keeping up with my daily comics, with Fifi’s assistance of course.

I’m going to move to a regular shop drop day each week. So (most) Thursdays I’ll add 3-5 new pieces. If there is ever a piece you see in my feed that interests you or you’re interested in a commission, never hesitate to reach out www.erikarier.com/shop

By far the best scene in Peaky Blinders and for some reason I can’t put my finger on, it just feels like the one to watch today (a little long but worth it for Alfie’s speech towards the end). youtu.be/eTMI9DD1mac

Here’s me, perched in the corner of my studio painting lines. This is how I spend most of my life at this point and somehow I don’t get tired of it. Painting lines is about the most soothing thing I can think of doing and when I’m not painting them, I’m drawing them in my sketchbook.

Just another fun day being an artist

Pretty excited about this piece that’s still warm from her gold luster firing

Fifi wanted you to see this self portrait I just drew in my sketchbook

I’m opening up my studio this fall for a series of very fun private lessons I’ve just finished designing. Each class is designed to accommodate up to 4 people so grab some friends and come make some weird shit with me. www.erikarier.com/shop?categor...

Outside huffing gold.

Just put this giant, mystical House Sphinx up in my shop. www.erikarier.com/shop/the-hou...

Look who I found in this month's Stranger!! @erikarier.bsky.social

So excited to share that @thestranger.com just published an article about me and one of my pieces in their fall arts issue!!! If you’re in Seattle make sure to grab a copy to check it out.

Why does so much art fall into three categories these days? Everything is either a gimmick, poorly done seemingly on purpose, or just a stagnant derivation of other people’s ideas. I mean, there are definitely artists doing interesting things these days but they get almost no attention.

Just a little reminder that ceramics & zines in my shop are 20% off through Monday including this very orange mug: www.erikarier.com/shop/handpai...

How about a special little #caturday post of these two new ceramic cat vessels posed very suggestively.

A little morning sketchbook comic I just scribbled out contemplating the wild night of wondering if he’s dead.

Just unloaded a gold luster kiln and I am so excited with how these pieces turned out. Here’s two mugs as an example.

We’ve all been working hard despite everything so here is a little weekend flash sale: www.erikarier.com/shop

Started work on a new ceramic goblet design. These are created by splicing two of my slipcast designs together.

I’m working on an installation for an upcoming solo show that obviously will have a lot of political pieces. A question came to me while brainstorming: how do you fight people who welcome violence ?

I feel like a lot of us are defaulting to our childhood mantra of: ignore the bullies and they’ll go away, in relation to the current administration. I actually never found this strategy to work much as a child and it’s definitely not working with these assholes either.

I’m at the nexus of hormones, over work, and a heat wave and folks, it’s not a great place.

Occasionally I make molds for slipcasting some of my ceramic designs. Recently Joel and I made two new molds including the one in this video that I’m so excited about.

I went to a coffee shop yesterday to do a little class planning with my husband and the music was so bad I still feel scarred by it. I have no idea what it was but I would describe the genre as Disney Jam Band ☠️