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Michael Flaherty
@wildcovepottery.bsky.social
Making, growing, building, and foraging in rural Newfoundland
www.ceramicfundamentalist.com
www.wildcovepottery.ca
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I made the trek through wind and snow to the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador craft fair at Jack Byrne Arena. Come check out the best collection of craft in the province. Open until Sunday.

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November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lots of glazing ahead of me today.

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November 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Craft Fair and online shop update!

The Craft Council Craft Fair is happening next week at Jack Byrne Arena. I skipped the Craft Fair last year because I ran out of both pots and time 🤣 But I'll be there this time with brand new pots, like this bowl from last month's wood-firing, and my RDF series.
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Very dramatic colours today when the sun breaks through. Stoneware with local bone ash glaze.

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#canadianceramics #wildglaze
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
First partridgeberry smoothie of the season (apple from my neighbourhood tree too)! Local stoneware mug with the classic Malcolm Davis Shino glaze. A perfect start to a busy studio day.

#pottery #mug #ceramics #woodfiredpottery
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I know I posted this one before, but I got a good shot in the lighting booth last night and thought I should share again.

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October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Carved mug in porcelain with local celadon glaze. Wood fired to cone 10.

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October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If you'd like to help me clear out my studio I'd like to help you fill your kitchen with new pots! This Saturday (one day only, 10am to 3pm) is my annual seconds sale, where you can get oddities, experiments, demo pieces, discontinued items, and imperfections for half price or better. #pottery
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Home again. And able to have a more relaxed look at these pots. Here's an ash glaze (that we call Miso Gravy) on a ship mug. Vinny's happy to have me home.

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October 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A few pics from the gallery in Letterkenny
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Stop number two on the gallery tour - Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny Ireland. Here's Kym Greeley putting the final touches on her installation. More pics as soon as we finish install. Opening reception is tomorrow afternoon.
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Off on a little gallery tour now. They put my piece on the cover of the catalogue! The opening reception is tomorrow 2-4 at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. The show looks amazing!

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September 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nice colour combo on this thrown and altered porcelain vase. The bare porcelain flashes orange and the glaze is the perfect complement. The glaze is 50% granite, 20% quartz, 20% limestone, and 10% clay, all sourced from nearby.

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September 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Four new mugs with 100% local glaze.

1 - Nuka wood ash glaze on local stoneware
2 - Sea salt shino on PSH 580 stoneware
3 - ??? (maybe tenmoku) on local stoneware
4 - Bone ash glaze (with actual fin whale skull bone ash!) on PSH stoneware

#pottery #ceramics #wildglaze #wildclay #canadianceramics
September 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Great results from the woodfiring. Porcelain with copper glaze, fired to cone 10.
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
One last reminder - registration for Forage and Fire 2026 opens at 5pm today. Here's the link: www.wildcovepottery.ca/collections/...

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September 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Last important thing to do is play with the pretty fire

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September 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Self portrait in soot

#kiln #pottery #ceramics #woodfirekiln
September 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just about to hit 1000C.
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Got the kiln going early this morning. Sunrise just around the corner.

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September 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Registration for Forage and Fire 2026 opens at 5pm on Monday! This is a foraging, glazing, and wood-firing workshop for folks with at least a little previous experience making ceramics. Full course description: www.wildcovepottery.ca/collections/...

#pottery #ceramics #woodfiring #canadianceramics
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ten rock samples ready to be analyzed for (hopefully) iron, chromium, manganese, titanium, nickel, zirconium and other glaze colourants.

#wildglaze #ceramicglaze #ceramics #pottery
September 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM