Samirah
@samirahsteinmeyer.bsky.social
ceramics | minerals and rocks | landscapes | earthy distractions samirahsteinmeyer.com
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
Mars Rover Jewelry coming this Wednesday Dec 10th, 12pm PT ✨ A collaboration with my good friend @sciencesocks.bsky.social who turned the pendants into jewelry! To join our mailing list for this project: sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
My last pottery restock of the year is live. This porcelain skeleton embedded in a mossy rock outcrop was such a fun mug to sculpt. #ceramics #pottery #womensart #skeleton #ceramicmug #porcelain #art #handmademug #coffeemug #ceramicart #ceramicsofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #potteryofbluesky
Here's a porcelain Anthropocene mug embedded with stones that I recently made for a long time customer. One of these days I'm going to keep one for myself. #ceramicart #porcelain #pottery #pottersofbluesky #womensart #skull #skeleton #geology #mug #handmade #clay #ceramics
My landscapes always look like they're at risk of collapsing. Want a little precariousness with your favorite beverage? There's a band of igneous stones embedded and fired into the porcelain. #ceramicart #ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky #ceramicsofbluesky #porcelain #geological #cacti #desert
Meet my Sky Islands clear glaze! The recipe consists of 90% locally scavenged calcium carb, quartz, and feldspar (1st photo). 2nd photo shows earlier attempts at making a clear desert mineral/rock glaze. #geology #rocks #minerals #ceramics #ceramicglaze #glazenerd #pottersofbluesky #artprocess
Stunning: A pair of emerging stars in Lynds 483 have sculpted this radiant, hourglass-shaped cloud of gas and dust. In a few million years, each star could grow to match the Sun’s mass, leaving behind only a thin disk where planets might eventually take shape (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
Over here sculpting rocks with rocks in the rocks. #rocks #minerals #geology #ceramics #ceramic #workinprogress #potteryofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #ceramicstudio #desert #handmadecup #cactus #landscape
For the fifth day of #Invertefest a minoan mashup cup, kamares ware outside, marine (and invertebrate) style inside. #pottery, #ceramics
Today I want to share with you all one of my favorite #MacroPhotos I have ever taken. On July 18th, 2014 I had a magical encounter with this #dragonfly, the Great Blue Skimmer, #Libellula vibrans and I was able to capture this focus stack. #invertefest #insects #Photography #MacroPhotography
An older design to share for #InverteFest. Very few people enjoy seeing a #cockroach on a mug they're drinking from, which is why I just had to make these. Only a customer with a particular sense of humor brings this into their home. #potteryofbluesky #ceramicmug #ceramics #wheelthrown #bugs #roach
Another post for #InverteFest The Palo Verde Beetle, one of my favorite local invertebrates. They emerge during the monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert and freak people out due to their size and clumsy flying style. They're harmless and I love them. #beetle #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #pottery
Sharing for #InverteFest (Reposted bc I got the hashtag wrong the first time!) I used to make tarantula mugs, this one was testing a neodymium glaze on the tarantula. Usually I glazed them in browns/blacks to resemble my local tarantulas. #tarantula #arachnid #pottersofbluesky #ceramics #pottery
For those of you who wanted to see how the 1/2 high fire stoneware + 1/2 low fire local clay blend test emerged from a mid range firing, see the first photo. Photos 2, 3 and 4 are the same local clay w nothing added, fired to different temps. More info in alt text. #clay #wildclay #pottery #ceramics
I mixed a blend of 1/2 cone ten (2345°F) stoneware clay and 1/2 cone 01 (2046°F) local desert clay to find out what its firing temperature will be. I'm guessing it'll be mid range, but who knows! #clay #wildclay #localclay #pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #ceramicstudio
I like locating rocks that I'm interested in identifying on a USGS map and then hiking to them. Yesterday I wanted to find fossils in Paleozoic limestone. Found the limestone. Not sure if what I found are fossils. It was a fun desert hike regardless. #desert #geology #usgs #rocks #landscape #fossils
Mixing stoneware clay and dehydrating it on a plaster slab before wedging. This is the part of the creative cycle where I prep my materials for the next batch of pots. Online shop closes tonight, then reopens after this next batch is completed. #clay #stoneware #pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics
Feeling inspired by this rock I found yesterday, made by my absolute favorite artist, Nature herself. What a show off✨️ #ceramicmaterials #geology #geological #rocks #granite #muscovite #inspiration
Ever want to wander into the desert, lay on a boulder and watch clouds float by? I want to just hear birds, wind and no words for a bit. Desert inspired tumblers, cups and altars available in my ceramics shop: www.samirahsteinmeyer.com #pottery #ceramics #desert #cacti #ceramiccup #landscape #art
When your country is imploding due to completely avoidable, manufactured chaos, greed etc how does one respond? By continuing to make fancy pots, of course🫠 Restock Sunday at 2pm, PST. #pottersofbluesky #potteryofbluesky #ceramicart #ceramics #pottery #clayart #functionalart #desert #geology #art
I just finished a pair of little skeletal fish plates using the sgraffito method of carving into the underglaze. I love how they came out! #ceramics #fishart #sgraffito
Using a digital microscope to explore the landscapes within the glaze drips on one fresh new cup. I spent hours filled with awe and curiosity while wandering around entire places invisible to the naked eye. #glazenerd #ceramicglaze #glazechemistry #potteryofbluesky #sciart #microscopic #ceramics
