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.

I have been making these cute little trash-loving possum mugs for about a year now, but meet the crows, the foxes, and the raccoons! #pottery #lgbtqartist #goblincore

It's been an emotional weekend -- I will be making so much art about this. Have a repost that feels important to me right now.

Working on big mugs today. I am really enjoying being back at the wheel today. Thinking about my DFUS commissions and beginning to shift my creative thoughts away from VARF and onto DFUS. #pottery #lgbtqartist

Kitty teacups in process to go with the kitty teapot! They come in sleepy cat and stretchy cat models.

Most of my work is less "contemporary ceramics" than this little jar, but sometimes I just have something in my head that wants to come out. It was part of the crate of work that I took down to share with my FiL the week before he died so it will be bittersweet when it sells. #pottery #lgbtqartist

Playing with travel cups, what do y'all think? I'm carving them for grip as well as pretty - I do love a functional piece of art

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I always forget that the price of a teapot week is a few teacup weeks.

I have been playing around with making pieces that are logs with mushrooms on them for a while now, and this one came out of the gas kiln a couple of weeks ago. I love it, and I hope it brings you a little happiness today. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery #artpottery

Spring is on its way, and Faire season is coming up fast. We had a death in the family last week, and it's slowed me down some (priorities had to be rearranged) but I still feel good about being prepped for VARF and Drachenfest US. I love the colors on these new candlesticks. Reduction!

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Having a rough time right now, have a luminary. <3 #pottery #lgbtqartist #luminary #wheelthrownpottery

I have been looking for new glazes to use with black clay. I want glazes that are strongly colored to stand up to my B3 clay body, but will also break well over my carving lines. This candlestick test is giving me good vibes, so I'll carve a piece to test it on next. #pottery #lgbtqartist

Thank you all for being here with me during this teapot week. Here's the fourth and final (in the last kiln) teapot. This one does not have an integrated strainer because I got ambitious about trying to do holes in a pretty pattern and it did not work the way I planned. #pottery #lgbtqartist

What?! Third teapot?! Will the madness never end? (It will, I have only one more completed but three more teapots in process so it will only be a respite from the madness) #pottery #lgbtqartist #potteryteapot #potterywheelthrown

You've had first teapot, now it's time for second teapot! This Fire and Earth series beauty came out of the same kiln as the rose teapot -- the Goblins were pleased with me that firing. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery

It's out of the kiln, so now I get to be wholly in love with it. A generous quart in size and with an integrated strainer for loose leaf teas, this rose teapot is one of my favorite recent pieces. 🍄❤️

Remember these? Here's what they look like now.

Testing my first fountain today -- Jazal is helping. #catsofbluesky #pottery #potterywheelthrown #lgbtqartist

Bisque kiln today! Fingers crossed that the goblins are kind to me today.

I wonder if this is why my Senator @markwarner.bsky.social has gone on Fox News to talk about why polite adherence to tradition is more important than the lives of trans people, Federal workers, and the people of America who are about to experience years of insecurity and death.

Cranky GenX Elder Queer here: Remember that trans people are normal, rare, and desirable. Pic because I love this piece and show it off at every opportunity.

This is part of my Fire and Earth series. I use black clay and strongly pigmented glazes that break well to create the contrasts of color, texture, and shine that define this series to me. Also dragons are cool. #pottery #potterywheelthrown #lgbtqartist

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