Sofia Payne

These little guys are absolutely precious!!

Ceramic ghostie holding a taco with other ghost figurines and small bat ornaments in the background.

Ceramic ghosties dressed up as Witches and Cowboys

Ceramic ghosties dressed up as Witches and ghosties holding pan dulce and taco

Ceramic ghosties dressed up as a witch and holding a pumpkin

I'm considering opening limited Pre-Order spots for custom ceramic ghostie sculptures. If you feel one of these little buddies calling your name, please send me a direct message! :)

Plain ghosties $15
Custom ghosties $18+ on complexity

#ghostie #halloween #ceramic #pottery #sculpture #whimsy

Woo! Fruit bowl attempt number 2.

Here's hoping she'll dry down evenly and survive the firing processes in the future! 🤞🏽

#ceramic #pottery #kitchenware #fruitbowl #handmade

Second attempt is underway! Less wide this time and adjusting the cut out process to hopefully avoid stress cracks. 🤞🏽

#fruitbowl #handmade #ceramic #pottery

Haha, I can get that! 😆

What if you carve out the letters so they pop in contrast as white vs only outlined?

Yep, it always happens at some point. 😭 Ceramics is not for the faint of heart or spirit! ❤️

A ceramic bowl with triangular cut outs. Meant for holding fruit!

In progress ceramic bowl cracked.

Ceramic bowl now broken after being lightly bumped.

A very important wisdom to adopt as a ceramic artist.

Don't get attached until the piece is *done*.

😆

#ceramic #pottery #handmadeart #fruitbowl #handbuild #clay

She's coming together! I have to keep taking breaks to let the moisture homogenize throughout the piece, but hoping to finish today!

Happy Monday!

#ceramic #pottery #fruitbowl #homemade #handmade #functionalart #clay

Work in progress of a large, footed ceramic bowl.

I am fortunate enough that I have the space and resources to work in ceramics, period, but a cherry on top is being able to make work for my husband and I to use in our home

Here's hoping this piece works out! ☺️

#pottery #home #handmadeart #functionalart #ceramics #fruitbowl

Chunky landshark creature sculpted from clay.

D20 dice buddy freshly sculpted from clay.

Another dice buddy! This time it's a land shark, known as a #bulette! Particularly from #DnD. 😁

Any favorite #ttrpg critters?

#ceramic #clayart #sculpture #fantasyart

Ceramic mini sculpture of a feline monster from D&D holding a d20.

I've been a big D&D fan for years; one of my favorite critters is the Displacer Beast!

I made this lil kitten for a good friend that I play with. 🥰

#d&d #ttrpg #animalsculpture #fantasy #dicebuddy #cutemonster #kitty #ceramic

Ceramic planter with illustrations of an animal legend from the Cora people, an indigenous culture in northern Mexico.

"Envy" planter, currently on view at the Nancy Fyfe Gallery of UT Permian Basin, in Odessa, TX until August.

Did you know that Deer did not always have hooves??

#ceramic #pottery #storytelling #fantasy #legend #animalart #indigenous #whimsicalart #corapeople

Close up of a judgy expressioned tree frog glaring out of it's home.

(Grumpy) Dumpy Tree Frog in a Log, ceramic sponge holder commission, 2025.

This was a fun project! I had hoped to get a little more blue with his green, but it's okay, they come in all shades of green! 🐸

#pottery #frogart #grumpy #animalart #sculpture #handmade #nature

Ceramic art of opossum with its tail on fire, representing the Mazateca mythology of how humans gained fire.

Closer

She fired so well! 😍

Indigenous mythology from the Mazateca peoples (modern northern ish Mexico), of the first opossum sharing fire with humans.

I still need to finish with hanging chain and such, as she's meant to be a wall display.

#ceramic #indigenous #animalart #leyenda #mythology #history

Not that I'm aware, my father is from Durango, MX before immigrating over. :)

Great idea! I'm struggling to remember names I learned in school, but I found this lovely Alfred Museum Gallery show synopsis: ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu/exhibitions/...

My maiden name is Nevarez, btw! ;D It's not a super common surname.

Work in progress of a ceramic relief wall piece

Hoping to get this sweetie in the glaze fire this week! She's been waiting a few months. 😅

#indigenous #mythology #leyenda #ceramic #storytelling #opossum #animalart

My process of transferring my drawings to clay. 😁

I love how Greyhounds are capable of both grace and goofiness, haha.

#greyhound #animalart #ceramic #pottery #clay

plate featuring a Galaxy background and the carved lines of a happy axolotl.

Axolotls are native to central Mexico and are a unique and fascinating species!

They are also part of the story of our world's creation.

#precolombian #mythology
#animalart #axolotl #color #galaxy #pottery #ceramic #clay #handmadeart

The side of a carved mug with a #mermaid that has a hole in its side.

Green ceramic mug cut in half to look at the wall thickness

Womp womp!

Was finishing this second mermaid mug but I carved too deep! 😬

That wall consistency was looking good, too. 🥹

#nocryinginthestudio #fail #pottery #carving #texture

Thank you!! ☺️

Love it!!!

Thank you!

Handmade mug with carved texture and mermaid silhouette.

I'm still here!

Just been working and problem solving in the studio. :)

While on this mermaid theme I will be doing a basrelief of the Mexican "mermaid".

Have you heard of Tlanchana? Or Acapaxapo? 👀

#mermaid #handmadeart #texture #pottery #ceramic

Slice of life photo of adoring black greyhound looking up at the camera, while distracting the artist from her work.

Happy Monday!

I'm wanting to sit down and plan out my social media posts and what not, as my experiences in the past with it (FBook/IG/TT briefly) has not been dazzling.

I wanna find a happy medium with that side of my art busines.

Meanwhile, here is my work buddy! 😊
#greyhound #studioartist

Music: Ice Tea
Musician: Not The King

Ceramic, functional sculpture of a log portion that will hold a sponge, draining any water through a short root. A feisty tree frog lives here, tho, and doesn't appreciate visitors.

I'm excited how well this sponge holder sculpture has come along!

Behold, the grumpy-dumpy-treefrog-in-a-log!

I learned about the dumpy tree frog in this project (didn't know the name). Whatcha think?!

#frog #frogart #animalart #pottery #ceramic #clay #sculpture #sassy

Aww!! I'm sorry to hear of Beau, but it was obvious he was part of a loving family. ❤️ Happy early bday to Lyra! No eating clay scraps, miss!