Sebastian
@farolfus.bsky.social
Ceramicist, historian, nerd. Not necessarily in that order.
Everything is objectively awful, but my spider plant is blissfully ignorant and has decided to bring 5 more spider plants into this dumpster fire of a world, so I guess I can wallow a little less and try to be hopeful.
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Everything is objectively awful, but my spider plant is blissfully ignorant and has decided to bring 5 more spider plants into this dumpster fire of a world, so I guess I can wallow a little less and try to be hopeful.
Bye bye, Bezos. The latest WaPo dictate was the last straw. Luckily I still remember life before Amazon and can wait an extra few days for anything I can’t find locally. Harder will be breaking up with Whole Foods, which is walkable from my office and is where I did most food shopping, but no more.
February 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bye bye, Bezos. The latest WaPo dictate was the last straw. Luckily I still remember life before Amazon and can wait an extra few days for anything I can’t find locally. Harder will be breaking up with Whole Foods, which is walkable from my office and is where I did most food shopping, but no more.
Neolithic time! This pot is based on a Funnel Beaker Culture vessel (c.3000 BCE) found at Månehøj, near Svinø (collection of National Museum in Copenhagen, see pic 2). I hand built the pot and decorated it with a bone tool—it reminded me of doing stick-and-poke tattoos in my misspent youth.
February 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Neolithic time! This pot is based on a Funnel Beaker Culture vessel (c.3000 BCE) found at Månehøj, near Svinø (collection of National Museum in Copenhagen, see pic 2). I hand built the pot and decorated it with a bone tool—it reminded me of doing stick-and-poke tattoos in my misspent youth.
The void is full, so I will just scream into this pot and put the lid on. Inspired by a couple of Pomeranian Culture face urns (5th/6th c. BCE), this one isn’t a direct copy of anything but the decoration is based on an example from Igrzyczna, now in the archaeological museum in Gdansk. #pottery
January 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The void is full, so I will just scream into this pot and put the lid on. Inspired by a couple of Pomeranian Culture face urns (5th/6th c. BCE), this one isn’t a direct copy of anything but the decoration is based on an example from Igrzyczna, now in the archaeological museum in Gdansk. #pottery
My mother has knit me a jumper based on an Anglo-Saxon urn (Spong Hill #1564). I feel like I have ascended to a new plane of weirdness and I’m pretty stoked.
January 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My mother has knit me a jumper based on an Anglo-Saxon urn (Spong Hill #1564). I feel like I have ascended to a new plane of weirdness and I’m pretty stoked.
Four days ago I was able to move my workspace to a different corner of my office building and for the first time in my life, I have an actual office window. My ZZ plant has already sent up a new spike as if to remind me that capitalism is hell and we all deserve to see the sun.
December 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Four days ago I was able to move my workspace to a different corner of my office building and for the first time in my life, I have an actual office window. My ZZ plant has already sent up a new spike as if to remind me that capitalism is hell and we all deserve to see the sun.
My goblin army has a clean bill of health and the lowest resting heart rates the doc had ever seen for cats in a vet clinic. I can’t protect my nervous system from ::waves hands at Stuff:: but I can apparently raise three kittens in a low-trauma environment and end up with happy, fearless cats.
November 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
My goblin army has a clean bill of health and the lowest resting heart rates the doc had ever seen for cats in a vet clinic. I can’t protect my nervous system from ::waves hands at Stuff:: but I can apparently raise three kittens in a low-trauma environment and end up with happy, fearless cats.
My goal this winter is to pursue another rabbit hole and make some Pomeranian Culture face urns. These are Iron Age ceramics produced mainly in what is now mostly Poland, and this guy’s face is an absolute mood right now.
Image is public domain, from the National Digital Archives in Poland.
Image is public domain, from the National Digital Archives in Poland.
November 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
My goal this winter is to pursue another rabbit hole and make some Pomeranian Culture face urns. These are Iron Age ceramics produced mainly in what is now mostly Poland, and this guy’s face is an absolute mood right now.
Image is public domain, from the National Digital Archives in Poland.
Image is public domain, from the National Digital Archives in Poland.
I don’t always have much wit or wisdom to offer to the social media machine, but I do have three exceptionally beautiful cats who like to do Accidental Renaissance poses when I’m trying to get out the door to go to work. Bluesky, meet Rhoda:
November 13, 2024 at 5:10 PM
I don’t always have much wit or wisdom to offer to the social media machine, but I do have three exceptionally beautiful cats who like to do Accidental Renaissance poses when I’m trying to get out the door to go to work. Bluesky, meet Rhoda: