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Carved porcelain mug, glazed blue on the outside, white on the inside, upright on a linen textured cloth seat

Porcelain mug held tilted to the side, glazed with a near opalescent white glaze on the interior, with blue glaze on the exterior. Fluted carving on the exterior can be seen on the left side of the exterior of the mug

Porcelain mug, glazed blue, upright on a linen textured cloth seat

A porcelain mug, glazed blue, upside-down on a linen textured cloth chair seat

I've never been good at handles, so I've challenged myself to create a variety of differently handled forms to identify a handling technique that I enjoy.

I think I will keep posting these mugs of improvement as I continue on this journey

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #wheelthrown

12.03.2025 13:33 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New lidded form, fresh from the kiln. Some lids pop off easily, others need some encouragement.
#porcelain #ceramics #westernmass #wheelthrown #pottery

26.02.2025 22:36 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Porcelain jar shaped like an acorn with a semitransparent blue glaze, with a red cloth background

Porcelain jar shaped like an acorn with a semitransparent blue glaze, with a red cloth background, jar has lid upsidedown to display inside

Porcelain jar shaped like an acorn with a semitransparent blue glaze, with a red cloth background, closeup of lid

Porcelain acorn jar. My spouse has claimed the ancient right of first dibs, but this was fun to make so I think I will be making more.
#porcelain #ceramics #westernmass #wheelthrown #pottery

25.02.2025 18:39 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A nice calm trimming session 2/2

Porcelain mug - step two complete! Next will be handling/finishing touches before bisque firing.

(maybe I will also learn to edit these to fit the 60 second limit)

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

13.02.2025 17:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A nice calm trimming session 1/2

Porcelain mug - step two complete! Next will be handling/finishing touches before bisque firing.

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

13.02.2025 17:44 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Finding a little peace in a quiet corner of the studio.

Porcelain mug - step one complete! Next will be the trimming and handling.

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

11.02.2025 12:42 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bummer, sale tomorrow has been postponed (due to snow) until the 23rd. Here are some pictures of my fur goblin Rogi as a #kitten since all my #porcelain is packed up for transport

#cats #kittens

09.02.2025 03:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New porcelain from the kiln, absolutely geeked about the recently reformulated 'Studio Junk #3' glaze at Easthampton Clay.

Come check out our sale at Black Labyrinth Tattoo in Easthampton, MA tomorrow from 11-5 with @rabbit-coven.bsky.social

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

08.02.2025 17:31 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A second round of wedging to prepare half of the reclaim I processed in my previous post for wheel throwing. Hopefully some of these angles are a bit more helpful to people looking to get the hang of this technique.

#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #spiralwedging

06.02.2025 22:41 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I left my porcelain reclaim unaddressed for too long, resulting in roughly 22 lbs for me to process. Spiral wedging is a great technique for removing air bubbles from and homogenizing moisture levels in your clay.
#porcelain #pottery #ceramics #westernmass #spiralwedging

06.02.2025 21:35 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Porcelain jar, glazed with Easthampton Clay's Studio Junk #3.
#porcelain #pottery #ceramics #westernmass

04.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exploring the tones of some porcelain pieces. I'd like to come up with a nice simple melody to try to replicate (with these or other pieces/tones), any suggestions?
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

03.02.2025 00:37 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A bisque-fired porcelain jar before glazing, and Rogi doing her best impression of grumpy cat.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #cats

01.02.2025 01:42 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

20.08.2023 12:54 — 👍 16327    🔁 14947    💬 52    📌 282

More porcelain pieces for an upcoming sale with @rabbit-coven.bsky.social One day I will return to throwing with studio reclaim, but today is not that day.
#porcelain #pottery #ceramics #westernmass

30.01.2025 15:49 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Get that kid more plates, I think they might be on to something

29.01.2025 04:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pouring one out mentally for the 9 year old who did fanart of the Titanic sinking on this piece of pottery in my store

29.01.2025 04:08 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0

Some extra angles (of the pieces and of the goblin)
All porcelain, glazed with Easthampton Clay's Studio Junk no. 1, fired to cone 6.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #cats

29.01.2025 03:00 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Two jars, a planter, and Rogi - my very photogenic fur-goblin. I should have asked permission before using her sunning chair. All porcelain, glazed with Easthampton Clay's Studio Junk no. 1, fired to cone 6.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #cats

29.01.2025 02:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

beautiful work! that feeling never goes away, welcome to the club 😊

28.01.2025 15:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Spiral wedging 6 pounds of porcelain (part 2 of 2) - filmed at 60 frames per second so .5x playback speed should hopefully look smooth.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #spiralwedging

28.01.2025 05:35 — 👍 26    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Spiral wedging 6 pounds of porcelain (part 1 of 2) - filmed at 60 frames per second so .5x playback speed should hopefully look smooth.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass #spiralwedging

28.01.2025 05:30 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Porcelain jar with Easthampton Clay's Studio Junk #1 glaze
#porcelain #ceramics #westernmass #pottery

27.01.2025 03:49 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trimming a porcelain bowl for an upcoming sale. I will try to remember to post pictures of finished products!
#porcelain #pottery #ceramics #westernmass

27.01.2025 03:32 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trimming a porcelain jar using the modular carbide trim tool I designed and built using surplus industrial materials - the carbide bits are industrial planer teeth, and the post is an internally threaded stainless steel 3d printer guide-rod.
#porcelain #ceramics #pottery #westernmass

25.01.2025 02:39 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0