#pottery There’s a certain joy in unloading a kiln and realizing you don’t have any shelves to clean up!!(ok just one little drop but it came right off!)

My husband is hard to buy gifts for. But he loves 🦕, & it was so awesome to discover @tannedtrilobite.bsky.social here, who makes leather wallets with dinosaurs. The wallet just arrived & his wallet items transferred to new wallet in minutes! Thanks Neil!! 👍 The perfect birthday gift!!!

Was off SM for two weeks on a river trip. So nice to have been unplugged for a while. Now I have to get caught up! Got these 14 oz travel cups listed finally. Thinking of calling this glaze combo “moody blue”…

#pottery #ceramicbowls I sold out of my hole-y bowls, which was exciting because now I can make more of them! Looking to explore some fun patterning with the cutouts. I love the shadow play it creates.

Finally finished the commissioned teapot/mug/infuser/drip plate set. Now I just hope it arrives safely!!! 🤞🤞

#birds We have a pair of red tail hawks nesting nearby. I just saw one swoop right by our house- landed on our fence with his breakfast catch - a rabbit! I managed to get a photo out the window but also was able to get in the yard and capture more shots. Feeling excited and lucky I got to see this

I’ve always said I wouldn’t do any commission work. I lied, as I agreed to make this tea set! The tea steeper fits in the mug as well as the teapot. And the drip plate can be used over the steeper to keep things warm, either in the mug/teapot. hope the glaze firing works out. 🤞 #pottery #teaset

#pottery #rakuware #rakufiring I did a raku firing with my class last week. There was enough space for me to get these round vases in, a white crackle glaze. I wish I’d got darker crackle lines. The small dark spots are actually micro crackles.

#pottery #lightplay I was using a small herb stripper one night for a whole bunch of herbs. Got sick of it filling up so quickly. So I made larger ones but also decided to play with patterns the holes make. Could also be a nice unique fruit bowl. Now to get them listed. Like my hole-y bowls?

I posted this photo on my FB page. A FB friend (my hairdresser) messaged & asked if I have it in purple. Erm..not in the photo, so no. Then says she wants one. Please send pics of what I have. Done. Then she says : do you have it in purple? 🙄 ???!!!!???? #pottery #teamug

I lost my cat years ago and never got another as we travel quite a bit. I hated having to leave him, although we always had cat sitters. Last night, we had dinner with a friend who just got these two cuties. So nice to get a kitty fix! This is Poppy and Oliver. #cats #cuties

Happy pride month! Some Ramen bowls with a rainbow colored design and mugs. (Close outs, available at link in bio) #pottery #soupbowls #largemugs

Got out to Sequoia NP this last weekend. It was so impressive to see the General Sherman & Grant trees. But what hit me was that right now, it seems like it’s going to be such a long 4 years 😖 and yet these trees have stood for so very much longer, surviving. It felt hopeful. #resilience

I happened to come across these photos from a few years back. Made some bottles and punched a hole through them & joined the edges. Put them in an anagram wood firing. And they actually pour fine! The holes make a nice handle! #pottery #anagamafiring #woodfiredpottery

berry bowls, with a drip plate. The first time I made these, I wasn’t sure what pattern to put in for the drainage holes. But I seem to gravitate always to a trio of dots and that’s what these became. I think they’re pretty sweet, what do you think? #berrybowls #pottery #kitchenware

We were out in Wyoming a few weeks back. And caught a cloudy day with these great big pillowy clouds. I could have watched it all day, an escape from the chaos of the world right now.

    “There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” – Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living Sage green tea set; fluted mug, matching infuser and drip plate. ttfunctionalceramics.etsy.com/listing/1823... #teamug #pottery #teainfuser #teaset

Was able to restock more of these tea mugs, with matching infusers and drip plates. The drip plates also function as a mug saucer, or flip it over to as a lid to keep your tea warm. I think I’m liking these color combos! What do you think? #pottery #teamugs #teainfusers

And yes! No kiln drama for the win!!! Here’s one of the fired bowls. I quite like the various holes I punched through it. Makes it more visually interesting I think!

Now I’m impatiently waiting for the kiln to cool down. When it was at 900F last night we heard a loud thump, like something had fallen. Spouse thought something exploded in the kiln?! 😳 Peeked through the peephole, shelves intact. Nothing in the house seemed out of place? A little anxious.

Getting ready for another glaze firing. I try not to have much expectations because …things happen… 😬 But I am excited to see how these will come out. It should be a rich blue after firing. #pottery #glazedwork #handmadebowls #ceramicbowls

I love the raku firing process. Here’s a close up of my recent raku pot with white crackle, which sold recently. I’m excited that we will be doing an obvara firing in a few weeks. Never tried it. If you have, please share any tips! #pottery #raku #whitecrackle #homedecorvase #vase

Out on a hiking trip with friends in WY. Seeing some great rock art (pictographs and petroglyphs) but the down side is the ticks!!😱 Found some on me & now my I’m feeling all these itches and movements on my skin and hair. I think it’s called paranoia? Does use permethrin work? Need to know!!!

I posted a reel of making colanders over on IG. This morning I got a comment that someone had a dream about my colander last night! (She’s thinking of getting it for her sister) It made my day knowing that someone dreamt about my work! Isn’t that a nice thought? #pottery #kitchenware #colanders

I was happy with how these photos came out for this tea mug and infuser set. Glazed with a tenmoku Teadust. I really love the crystallizations that came out, Makes me think of a starry dark sky night.

I did get this out of our raku firing the other day. I love how this one has really dark crackles amid the more subtle ones. Do you have a favorite raku glaze? The white crackle is definitely mine! #pottery #raku #homedecor #potteryvase

#pottery #raku #horsehair We did a raku firing for the last day of class. My TA decided to do some horsehair on her lidded jar - which she had glazed with white crackle. I took a quick photo, and love all the smoke swirling around her piece, fresh out of the raku kiln.

Restocked some berry bowls. These are the same ones that an associate editor of Midwest Hones mentioned in last August’s magazine. She found me (gasp) from my Etsy shop! Who’d have thought?!

I hadn’t made teapots in a bit but did one for a class demo. Really pretty happy with how it pours - no drips! Not bad for having not made a teapot in a while. I’m thinking I should make some matching cups to go with it. #pottery #teapots #teaware

I had someone ask about a nesting bowl set, and when I asked what sizes she wanted, she ghosted me. But I thought I’d make some different sizes anyway, maybe someone else would like them? I really like the textured handles on these. #ceramics #mixingbowls #batterbowls #kitchenware

Was all Excited about this glaze not running this time and clogging up the holes - and then — this!!! 😖 Luckily the other 5 berry bowls made it just fine… #ceramics

threw this bottle for a class demo months ago but wasn’t sure what to do with it. Decided to make some sake cups last week. I like how they’ve come together, & how the tenmoku feathers down the rim over the mossy jade green glaze. #pottery #sakeset #drinkware #happyhours

Takes me forever to glaze pots for a firing but I don’t want to rush it and mess it up at the last stage of the game! There’s the promise of potential now… but then I hold my breath to wait for the firing to be done. (Hoping I don’t mess that part up either… )

Getting into berry season, and now I’m wondering where all our berries come from generally (because …tariffs! ☹️) Getting ready to glaze a small batch of berry bowls. the ocean blue was pretty runny last time, hopefully I’ll get it right this time. Which glaze color appeals to you more?

The world is so chaotic right now and it feels weird to be posting about the work I do. But I guess I’ll stick to what I know. Played around with an idea in my head and made this. It was nice to just play with clay for a bit. Any guesses to its function? 😊 #pottery #playingwithclay

#sakesets #handmadepottery #pottery #ceramics Another sake set, this time with a dark clay body with the tenmoku Teadust glaze. I love how it leaves these gold speckles, and on this dark clay body, it makes me think of a Starry night sky.

There’s something simply soothing about having some tea, isn’t it? It’s been hard to get back in the groove but I’m working on shop restock of these. The way the world is so chaotic these days, some tea is sounding good to me. #pottery #ceramics #teamug

I thought it’d be cool to make some fluted sake sets. I liked the way they came out but thought that’d just be a limited edition as I found it to be a bit of a pain. Now that I’ve sold one of the sets, and I have a better fluting tool, I’m actually considering making more…🤔 #sakesets #pottery

Our studio is doing an event for Boulder Arts Week so we’re having a staff show. This is my wood fired porcelain vase. I love how this came out in the atmospheric firing environment with the swirls from the flames. #pottery #woodfired #ceramicvase

Took a week off from SM and it was so nice to be unplugged! Now it’s really hard to get motivated to get back to it. Anyone else relate? Just found another soda fired piece, now I have a set of 4 of these small 4 oz cups, a nice size for an espresso/traditional macchiato. #pottery #espressocups

Some soda fired bowls. I hope to get these listed soon. Taking a break to get out on a river trip in the Utah desert to escape the news cycle!

I wanted to make these butter dishes so you can put an entire Kerry gold butter block in it. But somehow I messed up on my calc for shrinkage so it’ll take a 2/3 block instead. Not too bad I guess! #pottery #ceramics #butterbells

Pleased to have sold these raku fired white crackle vases. As I dropped them off at USPS, I wondered if USPS has had layoffs like some of the other agencies? I haven’t seen it in the news. Now I’m wondering if mail is taking longer. Anyone know? #raku #pottery #ceramics #vase #homedecor

A small wood fired porcelain vase. I loved the way it came out, and was definitely sad to part with it when it sold. At least I have photos of it. Do you keep all photos of every single pot you ever made? #pottery #ceramics #woodfiredpottery #vasedecor

I’ve had a lot of fun making these spoons with a textured and braided handle to go with these little kitchen jars. I just need a better way to fire the spoons! I’ve been using little stilts but I still have to dremel the bottoms. #pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #handmadespoons #saltjars

Someone messaged me wanting these pouring bowls as a nesting set. I usually avoid commissions because they stress me out, but I thought—why not? Naturally, I started stressing anyway. Then she ghosted me. Funny how things work out, isn’t it?! #pottery

Nautiloids to match the handle on this big ol mug #ceramics #pottery #art

I was completely surprised last summer when an Assoc Editor of MidWest Homes magazine found my berry bowl in my etsy shop and mentioned it in their July/August issue!! It was small mention but I still felt flattered! #berrybowl #pottery #ceramics

Sake set with a sake warmer. I love this glaze with the gold speckles, a sweet contrast with the dark chocolate clay. Makes me think of a starry night sky. Available at ttfunctionalceramics.etsy.com/listing/8995...

#handmademugs #pottery #ceramics #coffeemugs Some green fluted mugs. I thought the glaze was going to be blue but it’s a pretty green anyway! At ttfunctionalceramics.etsy.com/listing/1823...