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Taking some time to ignore the house stuff I should be doing and am trying to make a mold for this finally. Considering how difficult it was to get it out I’m not super confident in how well the final mold will work. We shall see! 🚀

Looking down on one half of a plaster mold with the clay mother form in it still.

I keep touching the test samples of my wild clay to remind myself that it survived cone 6 no problem and I don’t need to be worried about these bright terra cotta pots

View looking down into a kiln layer 1View looking down into a kiln layer 2View looking down into a kiln layer 3

I think part of my style has developed from my desire to have simple glazing. Single glazes ideally. So I’ve pursued glazes and forms that can make the glaze have natural variations. That way I can glaze 6 mugs in 2 minutes after all the prep is done 😂

I think this is gonna be my next kiln load. Lots of mugs per usual. Gonna try and squeak the Halloween stuff in August so it’s done. Finally gonna fire the big spray paint can

A table full of bisque fired ceramic pieces

I added the form on bottom yesterday to add weight at the bottom and then cut it off but now I kind of regret it lol. I like the simplicity of the left but feel like right is maybe more balanced and feels like it has a little more movement. Oh well 😂

A 3 chambered vase with rings of clay around the chambersThe three chambered vase with rings with a hemisphere on the bottom left balancing the pot

This is upside down, and honestly I might like it more than right side up 😂 this is meant to be a Googie inspired vase, but it works as a sculpture too I think

A raw clay vase for sits with its rim on a blue board. The vase has a large tapered section with two smaller additions on one side, bands of clay circle around the 3 vessel sections. Heavily influence by the sonic wands/towers whatever you want to call them

Bunny chilling under the prairie climbing rose which ordinarily would have been a very defensive hiding spot. But I did nearly step on it trying to get the vines to go where I want them.

A baby eastern cotton tail hanging out in the weeds

Realized I hadn’t made any skateboard mugs at all last year. So I made a couple this weekend and an infestation mug. And tried on another artists style for some playing around in this little cup.

3 raw clay mugs sit together. One an abstract wave like pattern carved in it. One with skateboards and one with rhino beetles

Got a handful of black wings and graphic sticks for a couple bucks at the thrift store. Also kind of regret not getting this Edgar Allen Poe action figure.

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Bugs from the day. I looked the fly up earlier but don’t remember what it’s called. Tiny stick bug! Off to the right out of frame was another small stick bug being murdered by an ant ☠️

A huge black fly that looks a lot like a wasp on slender mountain mint bloomsA small stick bug on a red leaf

Had to take some pics on a white background for a show I might apply for. I don’t normally love the white seamless background vibe but it is kind of fun to see these pop out just a little more.