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coupeceramics.bsky.social
@coupeceramics.bsky.social
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talking about handmade ceramics on the internet
https://coupeceramics.com/
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using water that's been left in a basement studio overnight
April 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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emerging from hibernation
April 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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been a bit silent on here - life has just been a lot of this
photo of graph paper littered in various formulas as well as a few sketches of molds and the word "Coupe"
February 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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working on a mug handle system and popped in the new 0.2 mm nozzle - really wowed by the difference in quality, no sanding!

#3dprinting #slipcasting #ceramics
photo of a 3d print with aggressive curves and very visible layer lines from a 0.4mm hotend photo of the same model as before but printed with the 0.2mm hotend, layer lines are nearly invisible to the naked eye
February 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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All are one of a kind and patiently waiting for their forever homes! 🐸🤍

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#frog #frogs #ceramics #clay #art #vintage #slipcasting #glaze #tadpole
A pink ceramic frog with blue toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Tiramisu - I'm sweet on you! - adopt me please!" A yellow ceramic frog with blue toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Romeo - sweet boi. gentle boi - adopt me please!" A purple ceramic frog with yellow toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Maurice - my friends call me Mo! - adopt me please!" An orange ceramic frog with yellow toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Clem - orange you glad to see me?! - adopt me please!"
February 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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It's great seeing what these frogs get up to. We've had friends use them as salt crocks, to kindly offering tampons in the bathroom, or as a terrarium decoration.
a small green frog sitting inside the mouth of a rainbow splatter frog buddy with pink toes
February 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This form has proven to be such a fun use of the special effects glazes - the crackles, pops, and patterns are always unique

We realized that each frog gets their personality in the kiln and therefore is individually named (which is honestly the best part)
A close-up shot of the orange bead glaze effect on a frog buddy - lots of little gloops and globs A close up shot of green crawl glaze on a frog buddy - a cracked surface almost like a water starved desert
February 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A few years ago, a potter who was moving gifted us an original ~70s vintage brillo sponge holder frog mold - a mold that was in incredible shape given its age.
A vintage catalogue with over a dozen different slipcast frogs in various forms and poses - whoever designed these frogs really hit the mark on "alluring lounge" poses
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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It’s froggy adoption day! Froggy Buds are colorful, tactile companions - functional porcelain sculptures made with unique special effect glazes from Ritual Glaze - a 100% woman-owned company that is local to the pnw!

(🐸 Thread 👅🪰)
An orange ceramic frog with yellow toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Pimento - add a little bit of spice to your life! - adopt me please!" A pink ceramic frog with blue toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Bertha - I love to make new friends! - adopt me please!" An green ceramic frog with yellow toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Sebastian - you can call me Bash - adopt me please!" An purple ceramic frog with yellow toes. Caption reads "hi! my name is Bubbles - I make a great bubble bath companion! - adopt me please!"
February 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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legitimately a bit surprised this thing worked - inlaid checker from a single part mold

(ignore the air bubbles from my horrible plaster pour)
#art #ceramics #slipcasting #moldmaking #clay
February 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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i long to know what the forbidden ikea-vinyl collection sounds like
four faux-vinyl records on display at an Ikea store. Labelled "Poang, Bentwood", "Flatpack", [Title Hidden], "Billy Gold" all styled to look quite similar to real albums.
February 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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these, to me, are also super bowls
A collection of tiny bowls. Some have rainbow splatter on a crisp white. Others have hand drawn illustrations of tinned fish, tomatoes on the vine and cocktail olives
February 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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obsessed with the level of detail the created from the layering + carving

#art #ceramics #slipcasting #whales #orca #PNW #carving #clay
a close up image of hand carved whales on a bud vase and column vase - long, freehand carvings reveal layers of colored porcelain slip and create a pod of whales floating through the pieces
February 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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i'm also incredibly excited about these handcarved whale illustrations that we just posted to the website
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February 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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just added bud vases (and a few extra fun things) to the shop - hand carved porcelain with a pop of color
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A small, canister bud vase with a white exterior and vertical carvings revealing a layer of blue and a layer of red - the colorway is called "Tube Sock" A small, canister bud vase with a white exterior and vertical carvings revealing a layer of dark green and a layer of chartreuse - the colorway is called "Avocado" A small, canister bud vase with a white exterior and vertical carvings revealing a layer of orange and a layer of yellow - the colorway is called "Citrus" A small, canister bud vase with a white exterior and vertical carvings revealing layers of blue - the colorway is called "Raindrop"
February 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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🔸🔶🔸 orange ya glad we have a new color frog buddy 🔸🔶🔸

#ceramics #slipcasting #clay #art #orange
A slipcast frog brillo-holder covered in an orange, bumpy, special effects glaze. The frog has cute eyes and yellow toenails.
February 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Took a riso print workshop with psychedelic lens today. We walked around the space needle area ☀️ taking photos then made one of them into a Riso print postcard at their studio and learned all about the process.
Riso print demo - this is one of the ink drums Our prints - you get quite a few postcards out of the class! They serve great coffee Hi, it’s me (Taylor)
February 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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not bad, not perfect - hopefully a workable production mold
#slipcasting #silicone #art
an orange silicone mold of a medium size tumbler with an in-laid checker pattern
February 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Fun little collab project with our neighbors @shophoste.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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spending the rest of this morning working on some handle designs now that we've got a lowball tumbler dialed in
a small tumbler that has a handpainted tomatoes-on-the-vine illustration being held in front of a computer screen showing a digitally rendered mug handle
January 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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but now we're in a spot that we can go from design, to test, to a good number of production molds in a week or two
two ceramic "mother molds" prepared for a plaster pour - there is a tiny bowl and a tall tumbler that are 3d printed out of flexible TPU filament inset into a cylinder of PLA filament that will contain the plaster. The rigid exterior is made up of two semi-circlular pieces that are being held together by spring clamps
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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silicone poured - lets hope this abominable test worked
a two-part 3d printed contraption that has liquid silicone poured into it to make a mother mold for ceramics. The top and bottom half of the contraption are taped shut due to lack of foresight in design
January 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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me: we don’t need to run the heater, i’ll just put on another sweater

also me:
photo of a remote temperature sensor reading 73.6F next to the readout of a kiln showing the interior temperature of 2072F
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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biiiiiig push this week
#clay #ceramics #art
a basement pottery studio prepared for glazing - there are a few dozen small bowls on a workbench and rolling cart with an open glaze bucket next to them
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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dogs are an important part of talking about ceramics online
a golden blonde, long haired dachshund in the center of the frame receiving energy from the sun - his eyes are squinted and mouth is open a little bit. It is very clear that he is happy. A red long-haired dachshund framed by an intense sunbeam with shadows in the background. She is looking at the camera mysteriously.
January 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM