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Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Here's one of two large terracotta coil pots I fired over the weekend, featuring the pearly, crackled surface I get when I turn #clay from Ocala National Forest into terra sigillata. I'm making these pieces to be shown at upcoming exhibitions in #Florida, hoping to pique others' curiosity about this unique peninsula of limestone & sand that we live on. That curiosity can lead to greater connection with the Earth, something that many of us have lost along the way: https://potterybyosa.com/blogs/clay-people/fractured-fragmented-and-fragile

A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Here's one of two large terracotta coil pots I fired over the weekend, featuring the pearly, crackled surface I get when I turn #clay from Ocala National Forest into terra sigillata. I'm making these pieces to be shown at upcoming exhibitions in #Florida, hoping to pique others' curiosity about this unique peninsula of limestone & sand that we live on. That curiosity can lead to greater connection with the Earth, something that many of us have lost along the way: https://potterybyosa.com/blogs/clay-people/fractured-fragmented-and-fragile

A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
A photo of me, standing outside in the bright sunlight, holding a large spherical terracotta pot with a flared neck. The exterior surface is off-white and heavily crackled with a very slight sheen. The interior is unglazed, terracotta orange. You can only see the less than half of my body in the left hand side of the photo, mostly hidden behind the pot. I'm wearing a dark blue and black dress. The piece of pottery fills this entire width of the frame. The background is dense, green foliage.
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Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

This lady who has an interest in #pottery and local clay found my blog posts and got in touch with me. She’s a 3rd generation Floridian and grew up believing that there’s no #clay here, which is a very common misconception.

She came by to visit yesterday and brought a couple of clay samples she’d found. I offered to test fire them for her because she doesn’t have a kiln yet. I just placed them in the test kiln and I’m excited to see what happens. Will post results tomorrow! #WildClay#Florida

Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

This lady who has an interest in #pottery and local clay found my blog posts and got in touch with me. She’s a 3rd generation Floridian and grew up believing that there’s no #clay here, which is a very common misconception.

She came by to visit yesterday and brought a couple of clay samples she’d found. I offered to test fire them for her because she doesn’t have a kiln yet. I just placed them in the test kiln and I’m excited to see what happens. Will post results tomorrow! #WildClay#Florida

Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
Two small circles of clay lying side by side on a broken piece of kiln shelf. The photo is shot from above with the clay samples and kiln shelf shard resting on a gray cement floor. The clay circle on the left is a tan color and the one on the right is more gray. They are marked with the codes R1 and R2 respectively so that we know which is which after they’ve been fired. They are being fired on a piece of kiln shelf just in case they melt so that they will not ruin the kiln interior.
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@kenSwinson@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I'm going to toot my own horn for just a moment!

These are my first teapots since taking Po Wen Liu's workshop, and I can tell my craftsmanship has leveled up. They still need to be decorated and glazed.

i'll never achieve perfection, but the fun is learning and getting better than I was the day before.
Life is like that too :)

#pottery #porcelain #teapot #tea #kentucky #handmade #craft #clay#mastoArt
ken Tucky Swinson
@kenSwinson@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I'm going to toot my own horn for just a moment!

These are my first teapots since taking Po Wen Liu's workshop, and I can tell my craftsmanship has leveled up. They still need to be decorated and glazed.

i'll never achieve perfection, but the fun is learning and getting better than I was the day before.
Life is like that too :)

#pottery #porcelain #teapot #tea #kentucky #handmade #craft #clay#mastoArt
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I recently visited my birthplace. We moved away when I was 5 and I hadn’t been back in decades. My parents are immigrants so we have no familial connection to that place. My parents also sold the house I grew up in so sometimes I don’t feel like I’m from anywhere. I brought home a tiny sample of birthplace #clay to make art with so that I could try to process and heal this disconnect.

I’m curious if you have a connection to your birthplace and if you could explain what that’s like.

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Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A 12 yr old Black girl came to my Juneteenth workshop and sculpted this small terracotta bust—focused, joyful, sure of herself. I had just returned from #AugustaSavage’s hometown the night before (see previous posts). As a child, Savage was beaten for sculpting #clay animals. (Her dad was a preacher and saw them as idols.) She faced endless obstacles over her lifetime, but kept creating. Seeing this young artist reminded me: her path is clearer now because of those who came before. #KidsArt
Pottery by Osa
@potterybyosa@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A 12 yr old Black girl came to my Juneteenth workshop and sculpted this small terracotta bust—focused, joyful, sure of herself. I had just returned from #AugustaSavage’s hometown the night before (see previous posts). As a child, Savage was beaten for sculpting #clay animals. (Her dad was a preacher and saw them as idols.) She faced endless obstacles over her lifetime, but kept creating. Seeing this young artist reminded me: her path is clearer now because of those who came before. #KidsArt