Mia (web luddite)
@mia@front-end.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

I'll wind down this week of pots with a few final highlights. Thank you all for supporting my art, it means a lot. I hope you enjoy the pieces!

The trans mugs are popular, and I just added two more – "Change your gender" & "support trans kinds"

https://art.miriamsuzanne.com/category/monochrome-pride #trans #pottery

An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
Mia (web luddite)
@mia@front-end.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

I'll wind down this week of pots with a few final highlights. Thank you all for supporting my art, it means a lot. I hope you enjoy the pieces!

The trans mugs are popular, and I just added two more – "Change your gender" & "support trans kinds"

https://art.miriamsuzanne.com/category/monochrome-pride #trans #pottery

An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
An inward-sloping mug on a tall inset foot and wide base, made of black clay with a texture carved around and words inlayed with hand-written white text – then a white/brown organic glazed rim and inside that has specks of blue. The visible text continuing around the mug says change your…
Mia (web luddite)
@mia@front-end.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Going live tomorrow morning with a new website, and a shop for my pottery & prints. I'll send out an update with a coupon code to my 'Mia Culpa' subscribers. If your interested in things I make, sign up. 😊 #pottery

https://email.miriamsuzanne.com

Short clips of pottery: small round speckled-clay planters with a textured bottom and colorful glazed rim with succulents, an icy white and brown and black jar, black and white mugs that say do trans be crime, red espresso cups, a red and white conic bud vase with texture little white arrows, a black and white mug with the colors of the trans flag written on, a mossy green spherical moon vase, a round black and blue and tan torn-edge tray, a frosty red-clay coffee dripper, a small angular sake bottle with wide base and narrow mouth in black and white, a butter bell in blue-green with brown edges and white inside, a bowl with a a nubula of blues and whites, a matte organic red tumbler with ridges at the bottom and thumb indented sides, a satin black bowl with a splash of yellow, and a stanley-style 30oz travel mug with narrow car-friendly foot and large handle in greens with white at the rim – under Teacup Gorilla's Just Like That, and my -m- stamp in the corner
Short clips of pottery: small round speckled-clay planters with a textured bottom and colorful glazed rim with succulents, an icy white and brown and black jar, black and white mugs that say do trans be crime, red espresso cups, a red and white conic bud vase with texture little white arrows, a black and white mug with the colors of the trans flag written on, a mossy green spherical moon vase, a round black and blue and tan torn-edge tray, a frosty red-clay coffee dripper, a small angular sake bottle with wide base and narrow mouth in black and white, a butter bell in blue-green with brown edges and white inside, a bowl with a a nubula of blues and whites, a matte organic red tumbler with ridges at the bottom and thumb indented sides, a satin black bowl with a splash of yellow, and a stanley-style 30oz travel mug with narrow car-friendly foot and large handle in greens with white at the rim – under Teacup Gorilla's Just Like That, and my -m- stamp in the corner
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

I made this piece for an upcoming exhibition at Utilitarian Clay, a #ceramics conference at Arrowmont School of Craft in Tennessee. I’ve made pitcher & basin sets before, but this is my first one with the #WildClay surface. I began to see them as interpretations of Venus standing in a clam shell on the water, representing love, femininity, sex, desire, beauty. I picture this set in someone’s home resting together but put to use separately—as a vase and a serving bowl. #pottery#cerámica

A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

I made this piece for an upcoming exhibition at Utilitarian Clay, a #ceramics conference at Arrowmont School of Craft in Tennessee. I’ve made pitcher & basin sets before, but this is my first one with the #WildClay surface. I began to see them as interpretations of Venus standing in a clam shell on the water, representing love, femininity, sex, desire, beauty. I picture this set in someone’s home resting together but put to use separately—as a vase and a serving bowl. #pottery#cerámica

A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
A pitcher with a long neck and pedestal sitting inside a bowl. The pitcher is highly decorative with colors derived from natural clay—brick red, olive green, dark salmon and glazed aqua accents. The pitcher is vase-like with a voluptuous body, tall neck lined all the way up with carved rings and a flowing spout. The bowl has a bright turquoise interior and undulating rim. The exterior is decorated to match the body of the pitcher—with rhythmic geometric diamond patterns in the same earth toned hues. The handle of the pitcher is fluid, connecting the top of the vessel and its waist. This is a profile view of the set, which sits on a wood coffee table in a living room. A couch, plant and other pieces of pottery are partially visible and blurred in the background.
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Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Earthen Rainbow 🌈 These are the results from my last terra sig test run—clays collected from hotel parking lots, construction sites, river banks and more. The common soil under our feet contains infinite possibilities that we will probably never exhaust and that most of us will never even begin to explore. We haven’t given the Earth proper attention, appreciation or care yet people want to explore and colonize Mars. #clay#WildClay #nature #pottery#Earth
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Earthen Rainbow 🌈 These are the results from my last terra sig test run—clays collected from hotel parking lots, construction sites, river banks and more. The common soil under our feet contains infinite possibilities that we will probably never exhaust and that most of us will never even begin to explore. We haven’t given the Earth proper attention, appreciation or care yet people want to explore and colonize Mars. #clay#WildClay #nature #pottery#Earth

¡Abbie!
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Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I uploaded a five minute unedited video of me coil building a pot, just as a test since I’m new to PeerTube. The goal is to move toward edited videos that show more of the process and better video angles that help students learn the technique.

https://makertube.net/w/r9mwULB89ETkGefaNM85kV

#PeerTube#MakertTube #pottery #handbuilding #howto #ceramics
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I made my first #facejug in 2019. I made a few at the time, left it for a while and now I’m returning to the idea. I have no training in sculpture so I feel like a beginner all over again when I make these. One thing that gives me courage to attempt them is that original face jugs from the US South are raw, folky and imperfect. But I’m also drawing inspiration from the Ife terracotta heads from #Nigeria which are incredibly skillful and naturalistic. Mine fall somewhere in between. #pottery

A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

I’m working on building a digital portfolio of past and current work on my website. I made this pitcher in 2021 using a glaze that I’ve had to retire because of insurmountable technical difficulties. (I did a whole podcast on it for any ceramic material nerds out there: https://youtu.be/WjfWUbbNY6M) I loved the fluidity of this surface which aligned so well with the function of a pouring pot and the blue waters of the Florida Gulf Coast. I’m curious who ended up with this piece of #pottery.

A photo of a medium-sized water pitcher on a plain light brown background. The pitcher is curvaceous, with a voluminous bottom portion and narrow waist—what some might consider a feminine figure. The glaze is mostly aqua in color, but also variegated, revealing the red clay beneath as it breaks over the textured geometric line carving just below the waist. There are hints of iron-red and metallic gray along the rim and spout. It is apparent that the glaze has flown down the pot during firing, collecting in vertical channels where the color becomes more vibrant.
A photo of a medium-sized water pitcher on a plain light brown background. The pitcher is curvaceous, with a voluminous bottom portion and narrow waist—what some might consider a feminine figure. The glaze is mostly aqua in color, but also variegated, revealing the red clay beneath as it breaks over the textured geometric line carving just below the waist. There are hints of iron-red and metallic gray along the rim and spout. It is apparent that the glaze has flown down the pot during firing, collecting in vertical channels where the color becomes more vibrant.
A photo of a medium-sized water pitcher on a plain light brown background. The pitcher is curvaceous, with a voluminous bottom portion and narrow waist—what some might consider a feminine figure. The glaze is mostly aqua in color, but also variegated, revealing the red clay beneath as it breaks over the textured geometric line carving just below the waist. There are hints of iron-red and metallic gray along the rim and spout. It is apparent that the glaze has flown down the pot during firing, collecting in vertical channels where the color becomes more vibrant.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I made my first #facejug in 2019. I made a few at the time, left it for a while and now I’m returning to the idea. I have no training in sculpture so I feel like a beginner all over again when I make these. One thing that gives me courage to attempt them is that original face jugs from the US South are raw, folky and imperfect. But I’m also drawing inspiration from the Ife terracotta heads from #Nigeria which are incredibly skillful and naturalistic. Mine fall somewhere in between. #pottery

A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
A ceramic face jug on a plain, olive green background. The jug is painted with terra sigillata made with clay from Tennessee. It is a rich, reddish brown color with a semi-matte, slightly satin sheen. The features of the face are smooth and calm. There are tribal marks—three lines in the middle of the forehead, one long line on each cheek and one short line in the middle of the chin. The top of the head is carved with fine lines mimicking a hairstyle. The neck of the vessel is textured with geometric patterning and concentric rings. A handle comes out of the top of the neck and attaches to the top of the head of the vessel. There is a historical feel to the piece.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I uploaded a five minute unedited video of me coil building a pot, just as a test since I’m new to PeerTube. The goal is to move toward edited videos that show more of the process and better video angles that help students learn the technique.

https://makertube.net/w/r9mwULB89ETkGefaNM85kV

#PeerTube#MakertTube #pottery #handbuilding #howto #ceramics

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@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wanted to show this to @archeaids but figured I’d share it with everyone. It’s an old blog post about visiting an #Indigenous midden with ancient pottery shards off the coast of #Louisiana. The site was almost lost, getting submerged by water due to sea level rise. Local tribes have intervened since then. It’s a very short post with lots of photos.

https://potterybyosa.com/blogs/clay-people/one-of-my-favorite-louisiana-memories

#archaeology #climatechange#GulfofMexico #pottery #history
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wanted to show this to @archeaids but figured I’d share it with everyone. It’s an old blog post about visiting an #Indigenous midden with ancient pottery shards off the coast of #Louisiana. The site was almost lost, getting submerged by water due to sea level rise. Local tribes have intervened since then. It’s a very short post with lots of photos.

https://potterybyosa.com/blogs/clay-people/one-of-my-favorite-louisiana-memories

#archaeology #climatechange#GulfofMexico #pottery #history