Five Goblins Pottery

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!

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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.

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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)

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Oh I love him! That wicked little smirk! 10/10, quality goblin

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.

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A black clay lidded jar with sculptural phoenix handle and carved flame shapes. The clay is unfired, at leather hard.

A black clay lidded jar with sculptural phoenix handle and carved flame shapes. The clay is unfired, at leather hard.

A black clay lidded jar with sculptural phoenix handle and carved flame shapes. The clay is unfired, at leather hard.

A black clay lidded jar with sculptural phoenix handle and carved flame shapes. The clay is unfired, at leather hard.

The world is on fire and my country is the arsonist.

Work in progress

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What a sweet thing to say! I think my biomechanics/technique was off, honestly. I've been throwing a lot of mug-sized things lately and sometimes it can take a session to get back into the groove of working with more clay that isn't so easily muscled into behaving.

I think of throwing as creating the inside of the vessel, and trimming as creating the outside, so I like trimming too.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish. There is a ruler between the tumblers, showing the scale of the objects.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish. This is a top-down view, and there is a ruler lying across the tops of the cups to show scale.

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.

Okay, but hear me out, have you considered a lucrative new line of pencil cups?

Twelve reproductions of the Gotland cup thrown in four color agateware. The insides and handles of the cups are glazed colorfully, while the outsides of the cups are left unglazed to highlight the depth of color of the natural fired clay.

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.

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That's me when it's time to handle them.

Wheel-thrown cone 10 stoneware carved vase, glazed in blue rutile over warm brown clay, and about 11" tall. There are oval gestural carvings of leaves around the top 4" that pierce through the walls of the vase, and long white driplines extend from the bottom of each leaf where the carvings have channeled the molten glaze's flow.

Wheel-thrown cone 10 stoneware carved vase, glazed in blue rutile over warm brown clay, and about 11" tall. There are oval gestural carvings of leaves around the top 4" that pierce through the walls of the vase, and long white driplines extend from the bottom of each leaf where the carvings have channeled the molten glaze's flow. This is a detail picture of two of the carved leaves.

Wheel-thrown cone 10 stoneware carved vase, glazed in blue rutile over warm brown clay, and about 11" tall. There are oval gestural carvings of leaves around the top 4" that pierce through the walls of the vase, and long white driplines extend from the bottom of each leaf where the carvings have channeled the molten glaze's flow. This is a detail picture of two of the leaves.

Wheel-thrown cone 10 stoneware carved vase, glazed in blue rutile over warm brown clay, and about 11" tall. There are oval gestural carvings of leaves around the top 4" that pierce through the walls of the vase, and long white driplines extend from the bottom of each leaf where the carvings have channeled the molten glaze's flow. This is an overhead view of the vase, showing light coming through the carvings in the walls.

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.

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I see it as iterations on a theme -- in this case it's the curious octopus exploring an object. This was my first try and, if he hadn't tried to lose a tentacle by cracking at the base in the glaze kiln, I would have sold him and iterated. Instead he gets to live with me and I'm iterating anyway.

A stoneware toroid vase with a sculpture of a curious octopus draped across it. Glazed in black and luminous blues.

A stoneware toroid vase with a sculpture of a curious octopus draped across it. Glazed in black and luminous blues.

A stoneware toroid vase with a sculpture of a curious octopus draped across it. Glazed in black and luminous blues.

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.

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Thank you so much! I love my Fire and Earth series and I am so glad others like it too.

Right now my kiln/glazes live in borrowed space and I can't fit anything else in there. I can talk to Rachel and see if she has space but it's not going to get arranged before this weekend. So yes but also not right now

A handmade teaset sitting on a wooden crate. It is made of black stoneware clay. Dripping fire designs are carved into the clay, and a rich red-orange glaze contrasts the flames with the raw black clay of the negative space. The teapot has a long elephant trunk spout and a tall domed lid with a sculpted flame knob. There are four matching teacups, also with carved and glazed flame designs.

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.

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I am so happy that you said that because that's such an amazing setting to imagine my work in -- maybe I'll make something for one of the LARPs I play. 🤔

Two black clay teapots at the greenware stage. They are both carved with flame motifs on top and bottom, as well as on the spout and lid. You can see part of my untidy studio in the background, please pretend you don't.

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

Two lidded jars made of black clay sit on a wareboard. Complex teapot spouts are hardening while being supported with sponges nearby.

A black clay teapot having its spout attached. It sits in the potter's lap.

Two black clay teapots with handles and spouts attached on a wareboard. The attachments are supported by studio sponges while they dry and harden.

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. 🤣

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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!

A leatherhard mug made of white clay. Carving guidelines have been sketched in for a chevron. Inside the chevron are the words 'honeyhand's mead' and a bee has been sketched in as well.

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!

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An altered form raku vase. It is glazed in reduced copper matte glaze on the bottom and a reduced copper glossy glaze on top.

A raku fired vase in coppers, golds, and blues. There is a dramatic soot mark on the bottom third of the vase.

I raku'ed!!

A stoneware mug made of Standard 112 speckled clay. It is glazed in matte black, olive green, and powder blue.

A stoneware mug made of Standard 112 speckled clay. It is glazed in matte black, olive green, and powder blue.

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.

A stoneware mug. A white slip has been brushed across a speckled tan clay body, and the words "Crystal Witch" are carved into the raw white slip. Glaze has been inlaid into the lettering. It is glazed in floating blue glaze and layered with a frosty clear.

A speckled tan clay mug, glazed in floating blue and layered with a frosty clear.

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?

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A froggy little ceramic monster incense holder. Glazed in glossy blue-black.

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

These are great tips! I'll throw a little thicker than usual.

NGL, if I didn't live in a capitalist hellscape I would give my art away. So, I'll undergo the hell of deciding how to value a piece of original art until after The Revolution and I don't have to anymore.