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She/they Pottery, but also just life. WavingPinesPottery.co.uk
Mmmmmmugs in progress. After faffing on with waxing the liner glaze, my car dent puller won’t hold the bottom of that mug so it might have to be a finger marks-at-the-bottom one, which isn’t my preference but otherwise it’s a double dip and that’s worse
I woke up waaaay too early so today is going to be tricky AND I have a hankering for salt and vinegar Disco’s so that’s all I’ll be thinking about until its sated
I really enjoy interacting with potters and enthusiasts online but I’m also socially inept so like, a guy replied to my story on IG and I’m happy to respond…. But his follow up reply was 4 messages a photo and a video and I’m so far outta my depth here.
Yesterday was a big day so today needs to be a small day. I haven’t even gotten to breakfast yet. Brewing a cuppa to take up with me to unload the bisque kiln. I’ve got mug blanks, if they’re not too dry by now. I have spoon rests, candlesticks & ringholders in my future. And a lot of tape.
It is incredibly stupid that they’re releasing Physical 100: Italy and Mexico at the same time, but in chunks that slightly offset each other.
I have had a fucking haircut. It’s been long overdue, because the last one was a nightmare experience. This was hard, somewhere between bearable and manageable. And now I’m handsome again.
Operation get-back-to-my-normal-activities took a hit tonight, as I struggled my way through the third week of pottery and ultimately had to leave early. First two weeks were manageable, so now my work is in not assuming it’ll always be like this, and feeling back to square one after a setback.
I wish I’d put a little handle on this now but whaddayagonnado. The straight line Mishima was probably inevitable…
If you struggle with this even when trying some kind of art, may I recommend sitting in front of a pottery wheel, which absolutely will demand your full attention on account of soft clay spinning very fast, and trying to leave bc centrifugal forces
innes mck@innes.bsky.social · 5d agohave you ever wanted to have EMOTIONS and THOUGHTS that aren't caused by SITUATIONS?? you should try engaging with art
Done very little over the last little while, I am in a period of entirely low energy, but I did turn a mediocre bowl into this delightful thing through sheer time and effort. The shapes are stamped (with stamps I made!), filled with wet slip (2-3 times), then scraped back very carefully.
I got halfway through a sentence in therapy earlier today and went “ahh… I’m doing that thing I always do” and after naming said thing you should’ve seen the sparkle in my therapist’s eyes lmao.
M&S pickled cauliflower is the fucking best thing. Love that it’s the colour of radioactive sludge honestly
Glaze tests are done, here are the results up closer. Firstly, I took two crackle recipes and tested how much copper I could squeeze into them before they stopped crackling. They also blistered at about the same amount, and ran more, though they were applied thickly by design.
Kiln’s on, LOOK at these. There are some pots down the bottom but I’m more excited about this bit. Results in about 24hrs #pottery
ICYMI Brandi Carlisle covered Alanis’s Uninvited, and it’s the most gay thing I’ve witnessed for a long time. They recently did a duet, but the version she did at Newport is the one to go listen to if you’ve not seen it. www.instagram.com/reel/Db1h9Jo...
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Janey Godley would have appreciated this homage, I am sure.
thatgirlinsb@34thparallel.bsky.social · 2w agoProtesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
Brian Eno on crafting the Windows 95 start up sound. This is never far from my thoughts.
WoW is about to pull me back in with this Forever launch. I can feel it.
LRTs: @womensartbluesky.bsky.social is run by a transphobe, and many a folk seem to not know that. womensart1.bsky.social & @womensart2.bsky.social are the ones to follow
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She/They. not affiliated with PL Henderson, a previous user of this handle. they are a transphobic bigot & content scraper. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Enbies are whatever they say they...
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You should follow the trans and queer friendly WomensArt account 🥰
#WomensArt2@womensart2.bsky.social · 2y agoOk so I just went through our followers and tried to follow back any of yall who are artists. I’m sorry if I missed any of you but I can’t believe we’re already at almost 800! The response to this project has been so uplifting and I can’t wait to see so much more cool queer art 🩷 - S
hey just an FYI the transphobe who ran the exclusionary WomensArt is back as @womensartbluesky.bsky.social she's a despicable content scraper who misgenders trans men and excludes trans women follow @womensart2.bsky.social @womensart1.bsky.social instead
Some folks are more likely to share official sources, so here is one. I hope she is found okay. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Urgent police appeal to find missing girl with links to Manchester
Amelia was last seen on Thursday night, September 10
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