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Zuzia Ceramics
@zuziaceramics.bsky.social
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Pottery nerd making functional decorative pottery for daily use. Portland, Oregon.
@zuziaceramics at IG, zuziaceramics.bigcartel.com.

Find my cranky political rants (and cats) at ssusuyou.bsky.social
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Zuzia Ceramics @zuziaceramics.bsky.social · Jan 30
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Happy Tuesday from me and my favorite mug, made by @zuziaceramics.bsky.social

(Who also donated the proceeds!)

#createcommunity #shopsmall #ceramics #fightnazis
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Spooky war-ravaged #Portland bids Bluesky goodnight 🎃👻
Quiet street, wet sidewalk, nighttime. Huge trees, red lights illuminate their leaves
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Shirley, our gas kiln, is about to be loaded. 🙌 #pottery #potterysky #ceramics #potterystudio #reductionfiring #potteryprocess #portlandoregon #portlandpotter #art #pdx
October 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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This is Sprinkles. #fosterkitten #caturday #cats #kittens #adoptdontshop
Three week old gray fluffy kitten on a red blanket gazes out of a low cardboard box. A black and white kitten is in the background Same gray kitten but only its eyes are visible. It looks very serious or very mad.
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Hard slab building! Learning/trying some new stuff. Greenware cone 10 Lincoln 60 fireclay #pottery #potteryprocess #ceramics #decorativeceramics #clay #art #sculpture #potterysky #artist #abstract #form #portland #portlandceramics
An asymmetrical curved, four-sided form in greenware (unfired) clay with hard edges, standing just over a foot tall
September 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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About to handle some cups/same cups with handles #pottery #ceramics #clay #functionalceramics #smallbatchpottery #wheelthrown #potterysky #portland #pdx
Six thrown and trimmed demitasse cups in beige-green clay with pronounced throwing rings The same six cups with generous looped handles on a work table in front of a pink-tinted window
September 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Eeee! I got name checked by my favorite antifascist friend IRL! World’s On Fire Truck did look pretty great. And because 100 percent of the proceeds from my antifascist mugs are being donated, we are sending $100 to @democracyforward.org #antifascist #ceramics #pottery #potterysky
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@zuziaceramics.bsky.social made the World's On Fire Truck even prettier with her gorgeous mugs.
Zuzia Ceramics on the back of the World's On Fire Truck with her amazing mugs, including I Heart Due Process, and I Heart Socialism. I spy a couple #OFMD puzzles there too!
September 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Smol red bird and black vines #pottery #ceramics #handmade #smallbatchpottery #mug #mugoftheday #art #clay #portlandpottery #clayart #potterysky
A finished cup in speckled off white clay with a red stylized bird design surrounded by black leaves and vines
September 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Getting a little obsessive with this design #pottery #ceramics #potterysky #design #originalart #functionalceramics #cats #wip
A greenware mug painted with blue and orange Scandi style cats with inlaid botanical patterns
September 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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A fun before and after of a #cone10reduction fired small vase. First layer is Steven Hill matte turquoise, then Anderson Ranch oribe, and the squiggles are Candace Black. I love how these glazes interact. #ceramics #pottery #potterysky #potter #wheelthrown #portland #pdx #portlandpottery
Side by side before and after. In the first photo the base glazes are pale green and beige and the black glaze is dark rust red. The after shows hues of pale copper green, yellow rust, dark turquoise, and moss black
September 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Shino glazed bowl from last week’s reduction firing

#pottery #clay #cone10 #glazing #shino #ceramics #functionalpottery #portlandpottery #pdx #artist #clayart #clay #wheelthrown #minimalism
Shino glazed bowl with brushed turquoise accent. Though this is a “white” shino the colors range from bronze to deep burnished red
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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I’ve thrown many platters but I haven’t handbuilt them before now. 🙂
#clay #handbuilding #pottery #design #potterysky #ceramic #ceramicart #functionalpottery #pdx #portlandoregon
A clay platter, unfired and unglazed, loosely oval or leaf shaped with thin clay bands “dividing” the platter with loose, easy organic lines
August 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Soooo I’ve been taking a hand-building class.

#pottery #potterysky #clay #ceramics #handbuilding #maker #portland #ceramicart #coral #pdx
A coil built ceramic greenware oval bowl with cutouts meant to resemble coral
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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I ❤️ SOCIALISM

One of several mugs for a fundraiser

#wip #pottery #ceramics #mugoftheday #mugshot #potterysky #wheelthrown #ceramicart #pottersofbluesky #portland #pdx
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Planters are satisfying. #ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky #portlandpottery #pdx #clay
Two freshly thrown midsized planters in brown clay on a shelf
August 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Facts! But since this is my pottery account here’s the studio cat visiting the handbuilding class #cats #studiocat #ceramics #pottery #potterysky #hamdbuilding
A handsome tabby cat with with a white chest blaze and white socks walks on the canvas work table among the pots demanding skritches
August 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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This platter came out of the cone 10 reduction kiln. I am so happy with the glaze combination I’m trying it next on other clay bodies #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #functionalpottery #potterysky #reductionfiring #pottersofbluesky #clay #glaze #green #design
Platter glazed with a matte turquoise glaze and shiny moss green overlay, with splatters of black, on a red tablecloth with an olivw branch pattern A small tabby cat photobombs a dining table with a vase of flowers and pottery on it Close up of platter edge showing the transition from shiny green to matte, with lemons on the platter
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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And after the glaze firing. I’m pleased; the lines and definition are sharp and the design works well with this speckled clay body.

#pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #functionalpottery #potterysky #pottersofbluesky #clay #mugs #mugshot #design #flowers #peony #beforeandafter #clayartist #portland
August 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Hand painting evil eye trees.
Painting in the blues and whites on evil eye Christmas trees.
August 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This guy is so cute. Sometimes I want to stretch my toes too. #caturday
A stripy Siamesey cat on a duvet stretches his left paw towards the camera, elongating his toes
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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More demitasses, just out of the kiln tonight. I love making these.
#pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #functionalpottery #potterysky #pottersofbluesky #clay #mugs #mugshot #design #scandi #decoration #handmade #smallbatchpottery
Three demitasses in speckled clay with stylized designs of flowers and birds
August 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Large bowl in progress. #wip #wheelthrown #pottery #ceramics #potterysky #pottersofbluesky #portlandpottery
Big newly thrown wide shallow bowl Big newly thrown wide shallow bowl still on the wheel
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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This guy has been glazed with a white shino glaze with brushed turquoise matte and fired in the cone 10 gas kiln. #pottery #ceramics #potterysky #pottersofbluesky #wheelthrownandaltered #art #abstract #portlandpottery #pdx
A small pottery bottle shaped and altered to look like a stone. The shino glaze is mostly orange with flashes of white, accented with blue-green strokes of turquoise matte
August 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#WIP. These peonies are relaxing to paint. #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #functionalpottery #potterysky #pottersofbluesky #clay #mugs #mugshot #design #originalart #handpainted #art #flowers #bloomscrolling
July 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM