The Decrepit Potter

My 2nd round of Covid has been brutal. 6 full day of sweating: cold sweats, hot sweats, medium sweats, waking up with hair dripping.I had to put my pillow in the dryer it was so wet. I cannot imagine what it would have been like not being vaxxed. I finally got meds so I hope to improve soon. #covid

We should all have neighbors like this. Bliss!

Pull his mask off so we can see his face plastered all over the internet.

Who's chopping onions??

I knew as soon as I heard of the so called "amnesty window" that ICE would show up to arrest the honest people trying to do the right thing. No good deed goes unpunished.

I think it's a claim they may prefer. These people are driven by racism and hatred to justify their actions, and their beliefs of being good are corrupted.

Unexpected company #wildlife#raccoons#urbanbandit

Recently someone called the police to complain armed men in unmarked cars were roaming around their neighborhood. SWAT showed up and there was a conversation, then ICE left. This is exactly what I'd do if I saw a bunch of armed people running around the neighborhood.

Wow! Very nice!

In a first ever event, I got a hair cut with a stylist who didn't fill the silence with pointless chatter. Imma write that down on my calendar!

Thank you.

Recently completed.

I don't often photograph work on my wheel because I don't want my camera getting clay on it, but I agreed to do a demo at my gallery and this is going on the press release. This is destined to be a lime/grass green planter. #neriage#ceramics

I can always tell who visited the feral cat food at night. If it's all gone, it's a possum. When the racoons show up it looks like a hard partying biker gang showed up to trash the joint AND eat the food.

I really need new carpet installed but it has to be still be light enough to continue to show me where the hairballs and cat puke are. My best friend is my portable Bissell carpet cleaner. #cats

Most of you potters are aware of the Gerstley Borate mine depletion and the lukewarm success of subbing Gillespie Borate. There is now a Gerstley Borate Blend available in both Canada the the U.S and I've heard great things about it compared to Gillespie Borate. Be still my heart! #ceramics#

Shai-Hulud

Some new work. The lavender pot is for plants, the orca plate is underglaze on neriage porcelain. #ceramics#pottery#neriage

Wow! I'd love to see it after glazing.

And your local co-op art galleries.

YouTube video by Don Hall Works How To Oval Platter

This is a new to me video on platter technique. #ceramics#pottery www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpsj...

I was pretty shocked to know one is being built in SW Idaho, a high desert state that relies on irrigation for water.

I have a dream! That people will begin to check their links so I don't hit a damn paywall,links that I don't have to sign up for to read and that the link actually... you know...WORKS!

I got roped into doing a demonstration of Nerikomi and excessive talking drains my social batteries. I was also told I need to raise my prices and not under value myself. Meaning I'll have to give up the dopamine hit I get when people buy my work. I live in a small town, not NYC. #ceramics

They'll wait until someone takes the offer, then round them up and send them to the gulag in El Salvador.

You mean in addition to wetting my pants?

Fresh from the kiln. #pottery#ceramics

YouTube video by Andy Ward's Ancient Pottery Tony Soares, Paddle and Anvil Pottery Master

Score! I landed some good size gourds from a gourd artist at my gallery. My plan is to use them to paddle clay like Tony Soares does. I tried to do it freehand but my arthritis makes pinching and gripping small things too painful. Who is Tony Soares? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENb...

If you're looking for reverence you're following the wrong person. You're following a Pastafarian.