Just got back from opening weekend of the VA Ren Faire -- I had the best weekend of sales ever. I sold multiple art pieces and many cups. The mimics did well, and my heart is so full right now. Stress and imposter syndrome will come for me eventually, but right now all I have is exhaustion and joy.

New tabletop fountain!! I just cannot resist a good mushroom. I might need help. #pottery #lgbtqartist #goblincore

Photos today! This lidded jar is part of my Alchemy Jar series, and I am deeply in love with my blue-ringed octopus. I don't have formal art training -- I started out as a hobby potter doing functional work, so sculpture has been something I have been teaching myself. #lgbtqartist #pottery

The kiln was a good one!! I only have a video of it because I got very excited -- do y'all prefer video or photos? I like photos for the ability to examine detail, but I like video for how well it supports the three dimensionality of my work. #lgbtqartist #renaissancefestival #goblincore

I put this kiln in on Wednesday and get to go unload it in a few hours. Really looking forward to what's inside! #lgbtqartist

Remember the mimics? They remember you! #lgbtqartist #goblincore #renaissancefaire #wheelthrown

Phoenix jar. I think this is genuinely some of the best flame carving I have done. Three weeks until VARF begins, I'm not stressed at all, why do you ask? 🙃 #lgbtqartist #pottery #renaissancefestival

Y'all! I fired the first three mimics and they came out just like I had hoped. The other fifteen or so will get fired a few at a time while I work on my VARF kilns. I do this so if there is some sort of kiln disaster I can't lose all of them. #lgbtqartist #pottery

I love this jar because who doesn't love mushrooms? I hate this jar because it has eight million delicate protuberences on it and packing it to take around to shows is going to be a nightmare. I would ask what I was thinking when I made it, but it was just "Mushroom🤩😍" #lgbtqartist

The weather has finally been good enough that I can start glaze firing my mountain of bisqueware! I am going to guess that I have another six or so glaze kilns worth of bisque. This gorgeous jar is a gas reduction piece that came back recently, and I love her. #pottery #lgbtqartist

The kiln goblins have claimed their toll. I have to drive my greenware to the kiln I share with another artist, which means that sometimes I lose a piece before it ever reaches the kiln. This was a nice, light, even mug, so I'll just have to make another one. #pottery #renaissancefaire #lgbtqartist

Third bisque kiln this week went in this morning, and not only did none of the mimics crack, the braided handle mug didn't crack either! #pottery #lgbtqartist

My home LARP does a fundraiser every year and I donate a custom mug voucher. This year's winner went into bisque yesterday, so I want to show it off while it cools and I wait to find out if that braided handle cracks. 🙃

One of the commission pieces I am working on for Drachenfest US this year. This is going to be fired in cone 10 gas reduction with a blue rutile glaze. (The color is cheap watercolors that I is to "plan" my carving) #lgbtqartist #pottery #LARP

Finally non-icy enough for me to get some bisque kilns fired! Half the mimics went in on Monday, other half will be in the 2-3 more firings I plan to do this week #pottery #goblincore #lgbtqartist

So, the mimics did not stop after Imbolc. They have stopped now, but only because I really do need to throw mugs for VARF. But look at their face! They are so bitey! #pottery #goblincore #lgbtqartist #

They don't stop coming! Mimics until Imbolc! I was wrestling with some reclaim throwing today so my hands are tired and I have a lot of reclaim blocks wrapped in wet car towels. #lgbtqartist #pottery #goblincore #wheelthrownpottery

Obsessed with my mimics. Will be making as many as I can before Imbolc (that's when I shift over to making a few hundred mugs for the spring faire season) #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #lgbtqartist #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

Do not obey in advance. Do not make their day easier. ICE agents don't get to have good days. Take up their time. Make them precisely and exhaustively explain themselves. If you can misunderstand them, do. Channel your inner toddler and passively resist.

Starting a mimic collection, meet my first little guy, Bowl-gagwa. #lgbtqartist #pottery #goblincore

The world is on fire and my country is the arsonist. Work in progress #pottery #lgbtqartist #leftist

Some more lovelies from the last kiln! These were an exercise in throwing thin -- the goal was 5" x 3", 12 oz of clay. It was a fun exercise and helped me really get a feel for how thin the clay can get under my hands before I lose it. Also, my studio has nothing pretty *and* useful for scale in it.

I'm not supposed to be working right now, no one tell my partner.I had a shit day for throwing, struggled to get some measly 3lb balls to center. Ended up with one teapot body instead of four, but got some photos of the recent kiln load at least. #lgbtqartist #pottery

Hi everyone! I mailed off my last pre-holiday custom order today so I finally have more time for social media. Have a gas reduction vase for being so patient! A friend described this as 'Galadriel's kitchen vase in Lorien', such an amazing compliment. #lgbtqartist #pottery #elfcore

I started playing around with toroids recently, and this sculptural vase is one of those experiments. I love himb, but he's definitely a step on the journey of this idea. Cone 10 gas reduction, expect to see more like him as I work through this idea. #pottery #lgbtqartist

I am not supposed to be working right now, but I feel bad about neglecting social media lately. Have a payoff shot and no one tell my partner I posted. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery

Okay,okay, not end of day but end of weekend. I carved them that day but then let clay distract me from my social media duties. Still working on Fire and Earth, mugs this time. I try to group all my black clay pieces into one chunk of a few weeks right before I clean my wheel and studio. #pottery

Making teapots this week -- I wanted to document the process of a Fire and Earth teapot. This isn't carved yet, check back by the end of the day. 🤣 #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #renaissancefaire

Fuck it, hot chocolate time! Using this really cool mug I got at the Renn faire from @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social that’s based on historical mug designs! Ceramics in archaeology are so fun, pottery that’s used and loved by people during their everyday lives, and we can do the same!

Working on a commission for @faeble-larp.bsky.social ! These wonderful people are putting together one of the taverns that we'll all be hanging out at, and I am really looking forward to some mead with friends! #pottery #lgbtqartist #lgbtartist #wheelthrownpottery

I raku'ed!!

Every time I decide to quit this runny drippy mess of a layering glaze the kiln spits out one of these and I take it back. It's a toxic relationship but the highs are so good.

New witch in the All Witches Welcome series! Can't believe it took me this long to make this one -- I wonder what other obvious witch is lurking? #pottery #lgbtqartist

He made it home from @drachenfest-us.bsky.social and through both firings. Guess I have to keep him now.

Bluesky #pottery peeps I need your help! I am doing my first #raku firing workshop 8/3. I have to get 10 pieces made and bisqued before then, bonus difficulty points for trying to get restocked for my next show at the same time. What are good forms for novice raku? Tips? Tricks? Pic For Algo.

I have my own studio, but I still am a member of my local community studio. Every so often, someone donates buckets of mystery glaze to the studio. This gorgeous purple was marked "pink", so this was a wonderful kiln surprise. #pottery #lgbtartist

Where have I been since getting home from Drachenfest? In the studio! I have been head-down in the clay and I will be starting rolling some kilns at the end of this week or the start of next. Next show is Warriors In Bloom near Richmond VA - come touch the pots! #pottery #lgbtqartist

Advancer kiln shelves and a diamond grinding disc saved this mug. I am so fortunate to have loved ones and patrons who helped me get my Advancers. Corderite shelves, even with kiln wash, would have fused with the mug and cracked the bottom. #pottery #lgbtqartist #lgbtartist

I feel this in my soul so hard. Translation for non-Spanish speakers: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" These are the lemons life gave me

The rat tracks mug is out! I had pet rats for around 6 years and they make the best pets. Smart, loving, trainable. Only flaw is that they only live for 2-3 years. This little rat is painted as a hooded rat in honor of one of my girls past. #pottery #lgbtqartist #lgbtartist

Headed home from the VA ren faire. This dragon nightlight sold to a couple doing their nursery in a dragon theme. 🥰😭🥰 I love getting to, in a small way, be part of people's intimate and important moments. Art brings us all together. #lgbtqartist #pottery #dragon #wheelthrownpottery

More new glaze combos! My matte black studio glaze pairs super well with both Plum and Blue Monday (by Opulence), and my studio blue likes Blue Monday in the most lovely runny way #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #lgbtqartist #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

Second teacup payoff! This gorgeous teaset went home with a Faire patron this weekend, but it will be forever memorialized. Two more teacup reveals left, but they'll have to wait for next weekend when I go back to the fairesite. #pottery #lgbtqartist #renaissancefaire #wheelthrownpottery

Teacup payoff! I made teacups for each of the teapots I made this winter, but the teacup kiln didn't get run until last weekend. This Fire and Earth teapot looks even better accompanied by its teacups in my opinion (I am slightly biased). #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #pottery

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I'm in the studio working on my custom and commission list for @drachenfest-us.bsky.social ! This little rat tracks mug is too cute, especially with the little friend on the handle. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

More new glaze combos -- this pair are studio glazes with Opulence's Blue Monday over them. Super runny, but the kind of runny that you can plan for. I love both of these and will be doing more of them. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery

@abigailspanberger.com Hi there! I have a question-- I recently read an article from WRIC that quoted you as saying that if a bill to repeal VA's anti-labor "Right to Work" law hit your desk you would not sign it. Can you explain your reasoning behind this decision?

This one's a commission, but check out this new glaze combination! I need to do some Disaster Bi mugs in this.

Expect to see a lot more dragons rolling into your feed over the next couple of months! While I will be selling my work at VARF, I am currently throwing for @drachenfest-us.bsky.social It's one of the highlights of my year -- spending a week living the LARP dream as an interplanar potter.