Jesse O

4 photo collage of pottery in various stages

Finally back in the studio a bit. I’m finding greenware & bisque on my shelves from 3 months ago like some weird time warp happened.

A mosaic depicting a duck

For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology

Stole Claire’s photo of this one but it’s also from the gas firing (black slip with 1 layer icy “blue” celadon)

green pottery cup with finger indents on the sides. the glaze is overall opaque green and then glossy & speckled in spots. a white person’s hand holds it in front of a light colored walk

My favorite glaze from the gas firing (oribe with Barb’s green spots) - made this as a cup with finger indents.

black mug with blue accents on wood surface

Accidental glaze combo in a gas fire batch - but I like it! (1st oil spot, 2nd multi blue, rim Jeff’s red)

Okay - same

Just sent 40 for Orange!

My first time nature journaling. Thanks to @megstampede.bsky.social for organizing this gathering at Woodlands Cemetery #naturejournal

3 hour stained glass class. Cutting on a curve is brutal.

roses in a blue V that is chunky. It is on a wood surface. Windows are behind it.

Close-up of the blue vase with melty looking glaze on one side and milky looking glaze on another

When something is pretty bad but you keep it anyway: this wood fired vase. I didn’t make it back to the studio in time to sculpt it & I don’t work in 🔺10 usually/didn’t want the reclaim. I used it as a big test tile. It’s like a log of ceramic with weird blue glaze but I ended up liking it anyway.

Hot pink chairs and benches stacked up in a protest with protesters hiding behind them as law enforcement fires upon the barricades with rubber bullets and tear gas

RIOS rios.imagines RIOS rios.imagines Images of the bright pink Civic furniture line that we designed for@grandpark_la "The Park for Everyone," being used by LA protesters stopped us in our tracks. These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect - and now protect. We stand in solidarity with our city during moments of civic expression in support of unjust treatment, and we are reminded of why we design: for our community, diversity, and a sense of belonging. Photo by: David Ryder-AFP/Getty Images

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines

"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

4 small ceramic figures sit on a orange brown wood veneer surface with a light blue-green wall background. 2 orange cat figures, 1 black cat figure & one blue sort of cat-like figure.

Scrap clay buddies. (The black is our new studio black slip with sgraffito & a test tile) #pottery #handbuiltpottery

Always.

👁️👁️

I sometimes forget I have an account here, which is kind of nice.

💸

two small white dishes with a fixed cat figure and floral border sit on a slate blue table

Six small trinket dishes that are handpainted with a cat face sit on a blue table

A pale white hand holds a ring dish with a yellow cat and foliage painted on it. There are some other dishes in the background.

A collection of small dishes with cat paintings or a cat figure on them sit on a table

Finished trinket dishes for local cat rescue & TNRM group @projectmeow.bsky.social —- #pottery #handbuiltpottery #tnr #tnrm #communitycats

Reclaim time. 😭🫧 #pottery #

small hand painted dishes with either a cat figure and flowers or cat sitting on top of cardboard on a table

small hand painted dishes with either a cat figure and flowers or cat sitting on top of cardboard on a table

small hand painted dishes with either a cat figure and flowers or cat sitting on top of cardboard on a table. The dishes are only half painted and there is a paint pallet nearby.

Finally underglazing these so I can get them on the glaze shelf at @blackhoundwest.bsky.social tomorrow

Getting some dishes going for @projectmeow.bsky.social , hopefully in time for a tabling event in the future. ⏱️🤞

The only item I have ready for bisque firing - using them as a test tile for the new black decorative slip at @blackhoundwest.bsky.social

large white tiles with blue and orange confetti spots on them sit on top of a wood veneer table top. There are a few smaller tiles in different colors to the left.

Still making tiles. In a week the first batch of 50 should be complete and then we can figure out how usable they are/how many we need. 🤞

After making 45+ tiles I used the tiny scraps I had left for a cat bud, surprising not one single person. #handbuiltpottery #pottery

Some tinies that went home with a friend 💕

No, it is pretty thick so while I did re-stir it between coats it was pretty easy to use and have the confetti distributed fairly evenly, to Mayco's credit!

Test tiles for our kitchen stove backsplash area. 1, 2 and 3 coats of glaze. (Mayco’s Stroke & Coat cottontail confetti)

Thank you! I was trying to make it shallow enough for smaller birds & put the dome/flowers on it for the bees & wasps

If this doesn’t crack it will be a bird bath basin. If it does crack I will smash it for mosaic or for the bottom of plant pots for drainage. Glazing is truly a nightmare.

I just recently learned about tea pets a few months ago and then saw this. Bonus, this is a trans youth fundraiser. 💕💙🍵🐈

a few hand painted ring dishes, miniature mugs and paint palette plus random items like a charging cord, tape measurer and maneki neko on a wooden desktop.

Hand painting between desk flotsam and jetsam.