kaPHÉ Pottery

My sincere thanks to you all!

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It's very nice. Tons of people use to collect canes as art. Hard to find now. I'd love to see a comeback. Changeable heads would be cool too.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Oh, I guess ...that's... where they can put them...

eBay auction is up! Ends on Saturday at 3pm. Take a peek!
www.ebay.com/usr/kaphe_pottery

Hope it went well... those are soooo Seattle!! 💕

Join us on MONDAY for the art pottery auction on eBay. Shown is the "Poplars" vase influenced by the Saturday Evening Girls style.
Links at my website kaphepottery.com

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While 🇺🇸 farms go under…

SUNDAY, 3 pm Pacific I'll be updating my Etsy shop with some smaller items. Perhaps you'll find a unique gift for that far away winter holiday. If you miss the Etsy shop update, a 5 day auction on eBay starts Monday.
Shown is Eoghann's Tree Trinket Dish.

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Stole this from a private group as its too good not to share.
Is this you? Raise your hand! 😂 ✋

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I'm thinking this design is highly stylized sunflowers. Very sweet! It's only about 7" tall right now... So about 6.25" when fired. No name yet. 3 more coats to go!

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I had to share this from a private group...What an awesome quote!
"Door to the Roycroft Inn, East Aurora NY."

The first coat on this one is done. No name yet. I feel like you can tell I was a pacific northwest/Alaska girl most of my life. Maybe a touch of desert rat. 😂

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Thank you!

Image of a vase being glazed with a design of three pinecones and stylized needles. An orange cat is in the background looking on sleepily.

First coat on the pinecone vase has been approved by inspector Theo 👍
Did you know that the woody petals of the pinecone are called "bracts" and the bit at the end that's sharp sometimes is called the "umbo"? I certainly didn't.

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Progress on the Poplars vase. You can see what I'm working on next in the background.... pinecones!

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Ok .. Last post about the cups until they're ready to sell, but I am DONE! Yay! Back to work on the poplar vase tomorrow.

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The boss finally showed up to work.

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I actually got a full day's work yesterday. The only thing we had to do was pick up the Jeep from the shop. Ka-ching$$
7 cups to go!

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So I unloaded the kiln this morning and here's the elephant ear vase. Good news, my new wax recipe is still good. Bad news, I'll have to refire this as the inside glaze crawled. BUT, I'm liking this melty look. What do you think? Too messy or just right?

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Image of bisqued tall vase with drawings of poplar trees and bushes along a path. Mountains are in the distance.

Poplars! While the kiln fires today and cools most of tomorrow, it's time for some design work.

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3 coats done...one to go! (And the rim.) I've got about 4 small things to glaze fire tomorrow in order to do a final test on this new black wax. It worked well in the test kiln, but ... We'll see for "real" now.
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It got a little more personality today!

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Elephant Ears in progress. It's either going to be a wonderful melty beauty, or a pile of 💩. Let's hope for the first thing.

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I decided i wasn't ready to tackle glazing a vase just yet, so these mugs shouted at me. Yep, really. Like "HEY! we're over here!!" 😂

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I'm working on this sweet briar vase today. I ran a test on the little one and all I can say is, I won't be glazing it like that. 🌺

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Sorry to post so long but u wanted to share in case other potters wanted to know about this little kiln and testing results.

so tweeks may be required... But it could be different with a vertical piece... So I'll try the same schedule one more time with a tiny vase.
I did learn how to combine glazes for a sunset. So pretty successful first run!

Ok... So I learned a LOT this first try. I probably shouldn't have done a flat tile, but the wax recipe I was testing looks and feels REALLY good. The kiln didn't make it up to cone 6 on the schedule I was using...