Sat outside in the hot sun this morning gold lustering a bunch of ring dishes to bring to @iconconference.bsky.social Roadshow on Thursday in Baltimore. The lamp is not coming along for the trip but did help to fill up my kiln.

If you’ve been wanting to take a class w/me but not in Portland this could be your chance. Take a vacation at @souwesterlodge.bsky.social in October & take a 2 day ceramic workshop w/me just down the road. Sounds like probably a perfect autumn getaway. ilwacoartworks.kilnfire.com/classes/visi...

In a summer of tight turnarounds, I’ve finished making work to bring to ICON & now I’m trying to get 12 ceramic bottles in the kiln by the end of Monday so they’re ready to glaze as soon as I get back for a cool convenience store themed show I’m part of here in Portland.Here’s my life 7 days a week:

My studio is so busy today

A new batch of ceramics has been added to my shop including some monstrous ladies and a very rude soup bowl. www.erikarier.com?category=Cer...

If you’re in Portland, Oregon this Friday swing by @thepurpledoorpdx.bsky.social for a new group show, Nostalgia Potluck. I’m bringing all of the darkness of childhood to a show that will mostly be super fun I’m sure. Take a peek at my piece, The Nothing.

I love making ceramic libraries filled w/ceramic books. Coming up w/the book titles is my favorite part. In this set: How to Tell When You are the Problem, Stories You Don’t Want to Hear but Need to Listen To, Stop Licking Boots, & Don’t Tread on that Guy Because He’ll Get the Sads. bit.ly/4ydMOMr

In 10 days I’m doing my first public speaking in front of a very large group of people at a conference. To hype myself up I’ve been making videos where I talk at a camera which is not comfortable for me but is good practice. Here’s a video of me encouraging you to go do something you suck at too

I’ve started adding my new classes for fall in my Portland, OR studio! Every class this fall is new because I’m very ✨✨ extra ✨✨✨. I still have a few more to add but here is the line up so far: www.erikarier.com?category=Cla...

Hey friends! I’m back after a little break for my mental health from the endless nightmare that is the world and I made a whole art show about it. If you find yourself in Corvallis, OR check out my show, Veruca’s Daughters, at The Arts Center through July 25th. theartscenter.net/erika-rier-v...

I’m such a huge fan of Erika Rier’s work. She does so much narrative & poetic work with the interplay of book forms and drawing and words

Erika Rier is a freakin' genius. This unconventional hall of mirrors art / graphic novel / physically intricate hybrid stuff is fantastic. Again, from going to the Portland Indie Book & Art Fair today with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social www.erikarier.com

Come play along at Eve’s House & create your own original sin. There’s lots of fun to be had w/angels, books of knowledge, & a kitty. Share a tasty snack of apples w/best friend, Snake. Eve’s Playset is so much fun, you’ll feel like you’re in Eden. Adam not included www.erikarier.com/shop/eves-ho...

Um, and didn’t the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in a million years in 2004, the year Bush beat Massachusetts Senator John Kerry? I think this person is really onto something here….

This photo from a BBC article about Northern Ireland pretty much sums up the dystopian feeling of this present moment www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wow, this article is not at all alarming. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I love when I come on here after not being on for awhile and immediately see an AI generated art post with a bazillion likes while real art has like 4 likes. Can you folks please stop lapping up AI slop?

A quick little video from a drawing exercise I do with my sketchbook students on drawing emotions

I never thought I could find less effective politicians than Governor Kate Brown and Mayor Ted Wheeler but then we ended up with Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson. What is it with Oregon that attracts such bland, visionless politicians? And why do they run for reelection?!?!

A new collection of friends, some made of paper and some of clay but all of them would like to have a home with you. www.erikarier.com

I just have 2 spots left in this class that I promise will be as fun as it is educational. If you’re in Portland, OR check it out! www.erikarier.com/shop/little-...

My two new books are now on my site. Two different sides of the coin that is my brain. One, If She Was Beholden Could She Ever Be The Beholder?, is a primal scream against misogyny. The other, True Facts About Butts, is ladies explaining how to not be a tight ass www.erikarier.com?category=Art...

Art dudes get to have so much fun, meanwhile, everyday is Monday for me while I work 12 hour days. So a reminder: FEMININE STORIES ARE IMPORTANT AND HOLD UNIVERSAL MEANING, even if you’re dudely.

Why am I awake at 1am eating hypoallergenic pretzels, I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW 🥨

I’m from the east coast originally and whenever someone asks me how I like living in Portland, OR I’m always kind of like, it’s ok🤷‍♀️ then I leave Portland and I realize how good I have it in the PNW. People are chill to be themselves and to let me be myself,

I’m calling today’s look for the art book fair: aging Penelope Bridgerton

And while I’m on my hot take bender, California wine is not as good as Oregon wine. Fight me.

And while I’m on my bender of negativity, I’m tired of how gimmicky, pop-culture referencing mediocre art is lapped up, while art and stories with layered meaning, nuance, and genuine emotion is ignored. We as a culture are eating aesthetic candy and not ingesting art that feeds us.

Another recent takeaway regarding men at events I vend at. When women find something they are interested in, their dudes don’t engage with it they just act impatient until the woman they are with leaves with them. If you’re w/a lady & she is enjoying something maybe pick it up & engage in it w/her.

Reminder that this weekend you have two places you can check out my books!!!!

People really like things they recognize, being unique is sadly often not very beneficial.

In Portland, we have a daily migration of endless crows on their way to downtown. In Pasadena, I’ve discovered on my trip, they have screaming parrots. secretlosangeles.com/the-truth-be...

What is sleep and how do I even do it?

Just watched The Menu again and I’m left with the fact that EoE has stolen cheeseburgers from me.

I just stayed up late exercising to try and break a record on my rings AND THEN MIDNIGHT HAPPENED. I’M NOT EVEN AN EXERCISE KIND OF GUY. Time is an illusion, why does my watch not know this?!?!!

Has it been an insanely busy day? Have I been setting up my booth at a 4 day event? Am I devastatingly exhausted? Yes, yes, yes. But also, I made this drawing in my sketchbook.

Dudes, if you’re at a book event and you see something that looks “girly”, go look at it you might find your horizons expanded.

LOOK AT HOW RELAXED I AM WHILE I WAIT FOR LA ART BOOK FAIR TO START.

I’m releasing my newest handmade comic tonight at LA Art Fair. Here’s a little peek inside.

Friends, if any of you have magic powers could you like do something so things just get a little easier? Why is every single little thing going wrong?

Double header weekend, friends. 2 Art book fairs and 2 NEW BOOKS!!! I’ll LA Art Book Fair and my partner in crime, Joel, will be slinging the books he helped me to cut and assemble, at Seattle Art Book Fair.

I find it interesting accounts that love to complain about the Met gala (not Derek, his thread is amazing) also post about sports they love. Professional sports teams sap money from taxpayers for stadiums while players & owners make $ But heaven forbid rich ladies get dressed up to support a museum

Anyone in LA want tickets for LA Art Book Fest next week, send me a message because I have a few comp tickets that I don’t want to go to waste.

We could create any world we want to but for some reason this is what we have. On the one hand we have people with extreme wealth and no vision who seem determined to create a dystopia where they are in charge. On the other hand, we have millions of of everyday people who are greedy and impatient…

I think I’d like it if hordes of teenagers hung around to relentlessly mock billionaires and politicians every time they tried to leave their home. My daughter is 22 now and even her withering look, or even the thought of it, keeps me from doing a lot of stupid shit.

Ok, so I don’t watch a lot of movies. For instance, I’ve never seen the Princess Bride even though I was born in 1977. But I just watched Sinners finally, and that was a fucking good movie.

Ok, because of my printer emergency before my double header art book fair next weekend, I’m having a 20% off flash sale in my shop. Use code: PRINTERSOS THROUGH 5/5 11:59pm www.erikarier.com

Gotta love it when my printer that’s not even a year old bites the dust unexpectedly when I still have dozens of books to make for @seattleartbookfair.bsky.social 😭😭😭

All my boxes of all my books are officially en route to LA Art Book Fair, please pray for my babies😭😬😭😬

TriMet is really letting me down with their new app. Since they released their new transit app the transit tracker has not been working for me which makes it much harder to take the bus and their supports response to this issue was: 🤷‍♀️