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alyssarosen.bsky.social
@alyssarosen.bsky.social
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✨️ Artist with a day job. ✨️
I post pics of my dog, my plants, and my pottery.
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A few of the ornaments for family and coworkers survived the glaze firing! I love how the colors came out, especially on the okapi.
#ceramics #art #ornament #handmade #animalart
Three painted ceramic ornaments shaped like an okapi, a Sichuan takin, and a grizzly bear holding a salmon
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
First time making ceramic holiday ornaments! The bell is functional (kiln gods be willing) and was handbuilt. The bauble is wheel thrown and carved. I also have a few with more interesting shapes in the works!

#ceramics #pottery #myart #ornaments #handmade
A hand holding two round ceramic holiday ornaments. One is a round bell with a band around the equator. The other is a round bauble carved with a snowflake pattern. Clay sculpting supplies are spread out on a table in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
Will never get tired of seeing the Northern Lights here
A photo of the night sky over a neighborhood street. Pink and green aurora can be seen through the trees and rooflines.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
This is the most clay I've ever thrown successfully - almost 4 pounds! I just have to brace myself for the inevitable shrinkage from drying and firing 🥹
#ceramics #pottery #myart #wheelthrowing
A freshly-thrown clay bowl is sitting on a bat. A hand is shown next to it for scale, and the bowl is taller than the width of the hand.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
A little opossum for my first raku firing this month.

#pottery #ceramics #raku #opossum #sculpture
A sculpted clay North American opossum is sitting on a wooden work bench
October 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
You knowe how yn legendes someone doth fynde a cursed sworde that bringeth ruin upon them but thei do not cast it asyde by cause *part of the curse* ys that thei believe it ys a powirful magic sworde that ys helpinge ynstead of hurtinge? Anywaye, Gen AI...
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
WIP bird feeder with wizard tower vibes
#ceramics #slabpottery #handmade #birding #art
An unfired ceramic columnar bird feeder is sitting on a work table. The top is textured like a shingles roof and the body is carved to resemble a stone tower. A ceramic bird is attached to the roof.
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
Crashing-out opossum's sister mug, Trashy raccoon
#ceramics #art #handmade #mug #raccoon #pottery
A white ceramic mug with a hunter green handle and rim. A cartoon raccoon is painted on the front with "TRASHY" written above it.
August 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
The perfect mug for when you feel dead

#mug #ceramics #art #opossum #mood #handmade
A ceramic mug held up in front of a window. A fake-dead opossum is painted on the front with $#!* spelled out above it. The handle and rim of the mug are sage green.
August 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!
August 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
Practice tiles with new mug designs turned out pretty good! I need to adjust some of the colors on the raccoon, but the opossum is perfect and I love him.
#pottery #ceramics #ceramicdesign #art #opossum #raccoon
Three ceramic tiles on a stainless steel counter. The first has a cartoon opossum playing dead with "$#!*" above it. One has a black cat arching its back with "no" written under it. The third has a cartoon raccoon with "TRASHY" written above it.
July 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
June reading log!
#readinglog #books
A reading log for June 2025. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett - 5 stars and favorite this month. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett - 4.5 stars. The Walking Man by Jiro Taniguchi - 3 stars. Lore Olympus series reread - 5 stars. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai - 4 stars.
June 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
The latest finished pieces from my weekly class. Can I offer you a screaming opossum in these trying times?
#ceramics #mugs #pottery #screaming
A ceramic mug with a carved and painted opossum screaming. The rim and handle are red. A ceramic mug with a screaming opossum carved and painted in it. The rim and handle are aqua blue. Both opossum mugs are side by side on a wooden table in a ceramics studio.
June 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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connorclary.bsky.social
the rapture will now be held at the Chicago Bean
May 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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connorclary.bsky.social
midwestern pope like p’ope let me scoot right past ya
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
A week late, but I'm here!
An April reading log with three books. "The Electric State" by Simon Stålenhag is ranked 5 stars and noted as the fa write this month. "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau is noted as DNF. "Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett is also listed at 5 stars.
May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
Glazed some personal couples mugs for me and my husband today
#ceramics #themountaingoats #xkcd
Two unfired ceramic mugs are sitting on a wooden shelf. One is black with "there's a Mountain Goats song about that" in white text on the front. The other is white with "there's a relevant xkcd" in black text on the front.
April 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Ada Limón
#poetry
A poem by Ada Limon A Name When Eve walked among the animals and named them—nightingale, red-shouldered hawk, fiddler crab, fallow deer—I wonder if she ever wanted them to speak back, looked into their wide wonderful eyes and whispered, Name me, name me
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I stopped attending Mass regularly in 1995 however I have never formally left the Church nor been excommunicated. the college of cardinals therefore has an opportunity to do something extremely funny. holler at yr boy, Rome
April 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
March reading wrap up!
A reading log for March 2025 that includes: Witch Hat Atelier vol.2, Burnout, Unnatural Magic, Alive at the End of the World, and Last Days. Unnatural Magic is noted as the monthly favorite. "A very cool magic-as-programming system and diverse and compelling pov characters."
April 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
Blue heron flower frog mark 2 was a moderate success! He still slumped a little, but he is actually usable.

#ikebana #pottery #ceramics #floralarrangement
An ikebana arrangement in a small, black ceramic bowl. The flower frog that the greenery and henbit are supported by also has a ceramic blue heron extending up from the water
March 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
alyssarosen.bsky.social
A few pieces from the last glaze fire
A black ceramic bowl with three small feet. The front is decorated with an image of Calcifer from "Howl's Moving Castle". A round ceramic berry bowl with flower-shaped drainage holes. The glaze is a gradient from celadon to pink to grass green A square ceramic berry dish with flower-shaped drainage holes. The glaze is a gradient from celadon to pink to grass green
March 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Flower update!
A cluster of blooming yellow daffodils in a flower bed Three white crocus with bright orange stamen and faint purple stripes on the petals
March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM