Ravenheart Ceramics
ravenheartceramics.bsky.social
Ravenheart Ceramics
@ravenheartceramics.bsky.social
I'm a primarily hobbyist ceramicist in northern New England. My 🏳️‍🌈 and political content will probably remain primarily @ianmnoone.bsky.social, but not entirely. May get sweary
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I've started this account specifically to share my pottery content, since Meta has decided preemptively to jump on the fascist bandwagon. It's a shame, since Insta is the best medium for sharing visual content, but fuck Zuckerberg.
Pit firing some figurines for the local Congregational church's annual holiday fair. Despite being godless heathens ourselves, this congregation is 372 years old and the current building is 295 years old so a pretty integral part of our little village community
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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"In downtown Golden, Coors once made hand-painted household china as well as glass bottles for everything from soda to pickles to its own beer. This site and the surrounding acreage are becoming the Clayworks district, which will include housing, retail, and office space."
Shards of Golden’s ceramic past come to the surface
Clayworks, a residential and commercial redevelopment project in the heart of Golden, stirs up history.
www.cpr.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The local church fair's holiday festival and craft fair is coming up in a few weeks, and even though we're not members, I try to make the occasional contribution. This year I had some free earthenware clay to work with
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had another vendor who did her degree in ceramics say nice things about my glazes this morning
October 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I sold a mug! I'm a professional!
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Block every federal government account that shows up. Don't argue. Don't try to gotcha. Just block.
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
There was, sadly, a casualty in transit
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The way this rutile glaze shimmers
October 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My SC wild Creek bank clay survived ∆10, and I could not be more stoked!
October 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Really happy with how this glaze came out in the front stack. Hoping it's consistent through the kiln
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Not beating the allegations of being a hot mess
October 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
About to open this baby up and see what we've got
October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here for my fourth of four overnight shifts. Temps are holding steady and things are moving along
October 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Mugs and whisky tumblers and bowls, plus my one wild clay bowl that I'm hoping doesn't melt
September 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Was so busy glazing today that I forgot to take any pics! Now everything's loaded up in the car to take to kiln loading tomorrow
September 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The kiln actually cooled enough overnight that I was able to empty it before I got on the road this morning, after all. The only casualty, sadly, was the dog bowl I threw for Petal in 100% wild SC clay. May still glaze okay, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The rice bowls I did in the same clay turned out great
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
All valves are open now and the highest temp I saw was 783.5°C. Now it's hovering a bit lower and will be going down as the propane runs out, but I think I got about cone 016, which is sufficient for bisque firing. Probably won't be cool enough for glazing before I have to leave tomorrow, though
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Using this setup with only 20# propane tanks, I've not been able to get things above bisque temps. That's at least adequate to get work ready for the anagama, though
September 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hello, quartz inversion!
September 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Now we're cookin' with gas!
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today was the last work day at the anagama before loading starts next weekend. Since I'm away for work all this coming week, I need to try to bisque fire tomorrow, so I put my whisky tumblers in a low oven (mine heats as low as 170°F/77°C) before I left. Hopefully there won't be any disasters
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Carved my whisky tumblers this evening. The one at lower left popped off the batt a bit too exuberantly, flipped out of my hands, and took a hard fall. Got the rim more or less back in shape but it left an ugly bump on the inside so that one's gonna be for personal use
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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www.food-safety.com/articles/106...

All I can say is I've seen some serious concerns in pork products in recent weeks even with line speed limitations, and at this point I see this legislation as being extremely bad for food safety and public health. I've called my rep's office.
Protein Processing Act Would Lift Pork, Poultry Line Speed Limits if Food Safety Criteria Are Met
Following years of line speed waiver extensions and worker safety trials under modernized swine/poultry slaughter inspection pilot programs, the American Protein Processing Act would lift line speed l...
www.food-safety.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Threw the base shapes for whisky tumblers and coated the insides with white slip. Once they've dried a bit, I'll carve the outsides with a wire harp, kurinuki-esque. These I'll glaze inside with a celadon glaze as a contrast to the raw exteriors
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM