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jackrabbit.bsky.social
Arlo Everett🐰
@jackrabbit.bsky.social
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a queer 30-something transmasculine tree hugger, interested in hiking, birding, and the arts

an enthusiastic amateur potter

pronouns: he/they 🏳️‍⚧️👬🏳️‍🌈
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I finally made it back into the studio after a little break, it feels good to play with mud!

I surprised myself by knocking out three nice little pots, intentionally sisters but not twins. I want to experiment more with shapes and proportions specifically in this family.
Three freshly thrown clay forms sit on a ware board covered in newspaper. They are slightly angular at the hips, with an emphasis on sweeping concave shapes. The background is a busy pottery studio.
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
You're so close, Georgie!!!! I'm excited for you to meet your goal and get a service dog! I would love to see you draw Clover, if you've got the time ♥️
A donation screenshot My mini schnauzer Clover, she has a phantom patterned coat in black with silver accents, she is looking quizzically at the camera while sitting in a yard full of clover (the plant).
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
It's a beautiful autumn day, and I'm grateful for the return of sweater weather.
Arlo, a white non-binary trans man with dark hair, a beard, and glasses stands in a park. He is wearing a fawn coloured sweater and a dark green plaid wool coat. A photo of a park taken during my lunchtime walk. The leaves are turning yellow on the sprawling branches of the trees overhanging the walking path, and the sky is a beautiful clear blue.
October 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
The love of my life came to visit me in Edmonton for a month. We saw a lot of excellent live music, ate gourmet ice cream, and got engaged!

Julian went back to California yesterday, and I'm already missing it terribly. ♥️
Two hands in the sunshine, wearing matching silver engagement rings. Both rings have a flat face set with a diamond and a garnet. An apple tree and raspberry bushes are in the background. Julian and I, two white, masculine non-binary gays. Julian looks like a cool goth and I look like an old teddy bear from the 70's. We are standing in front of a starry mural outside a curio shop.
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
I spent the last four days at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival with my dad, and I had a fantastic time!
Me and my dad, we're smiling on a crowded hill full of other people, attending the folk festival. Willi Carlisle performing on a stage outdoors, with people crowding to watch and listen to him sing. Rainbow Kitten Surprise performing on the main stage at night, the lights from the stage are streaking into the dark sky. Me, waiting for the train at the station after a full day of folk fest activities.
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
I sold the best mug of the batch to a young woman who was absolutely thrilled with it. She picked it up and held it to her chest while talking to her friend about how it was her soulmate mug, her soulmug, before passing me the cash for it.

I was so happy she liked it, I hope the mug brings her joy!
A shapely mug, almost gourd-like, reflecting the human form. It has an upside down ear-shaped handle. The exterior is my homemade spearmint glaze, and the interior is dandelion yellow stroke-and-coat.
July 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
I've had a lot going on so I forgot to post about it, but I was a vendor at my first ever pottery sale a couple weeks back!

I got to table with my pal Brim, which was a fun experience. I sold more pots than I expected and got to chat with a lot of cool people!
A 6' long table set up with pottery, in a community hall. My work is on the right-hand side, an assortment of different coloured mugs. An assortment of mugs I made and had for sale at a pop-up pottery sale, after several of them had sold. A couple of these guys ended up selling, as well! Me, a white trans man with curly dark hair and a short beard. I'm wearing aviator style glasses, a stripey white t-shirt, and am winking at the camera
July 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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LOL. LMAO even. I tripped over my dog Clover when we were playing yesterday evening, fell badly and fractured a bone in my foot.

the crime vs. the criminal
My leg, I am wearing an air boot. I fractured a bone in my foot. My sweet dog Clover, peeking through stair rails as if she's put herself in jail. She's a black and white mini schnauzer.
June 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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It might be hard to distinguish them, but these are two separate cups. They were thrown thick, and then carved into with different tools while leather-hard, an experiment with the pottery technique Kurinuki.

I love how the spearmint breaks over the texture of these cups!
A Kurinuki carved cup, glazed in my self-mixed spearmint. It has a rocky and craggy surface reminiscent of mountains. I am holding it in my hand outside, where the sun can hit the glaze, revealing the matte crystals inside the glossy surface. The same Kurinuki carved cup, from a slightly different angle, showcasing the glaze breaking on the inside of the rim into beautiful mint crystals. A second Kurinuki carved cup, glazed in the same spearmint. A slightly different angle of the second Kurinuki carved cup, glazed in the same spearmint.
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
Here's yesterday's green ashtray again, now pictured with its purple twin. These two pieces of pottery were commissioned by a dear friend in Illinois, and will be sent out in the mail shortly!
A tall ashtray with three joint rests, glazed in my self-mixed spearmint with a dandelion stroke and coat interior. I am holding it in my hand outside, where the sun can hit the glaze, revealing the matte crystals inside the glossy surface. The same green ashtray, tipped to show the interior and the tops of the joint rests. A tall ashtray with three joint rests, glazed in ravenscrag purple, splattered with linette's opal. The glaze breaks over the edges of the pot into a beautiful periwinkle blue. I am holding it in my hand outside, where the sun can hit the glaze. The same purple ashtray, tipped to show off the glaze breaking on the rim and the tops of the joint rests.
June 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
Rushing outside to catch a little mid-morning sunshine, here's some better pictures of the pottery I got out of the kiln yesterday!
A curvy mug with an upside-down ear shaped handle. It's glazed in my self-mixed spearmint, with a dandelion stroke and coat interior. The separation between the exterior and the interior is knife-sharp. I am holding it in my hand outside, where the sun can hit the glaze, revealing the matte crystals inside the glossy surface. Turned to show off how the glaze breaks in the handle, the same curvy mug. Tipped so you can see how sharp the separation between the interior and exterior glazes are, the same curvy mug. Tipped further to show off the interior, with my finger mark on the inside. Yet again, the same mug.
June 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
I need to take better photos, but please view how well my spearmint glaze turned out on these pots! Each time I use it, I'm happier with the results.

I took these photos in the back alley behind the pottery studio, in a desperate attempt to catch some sunshine on a cloudy, rainy day.
A tall ashtray with three joint rests, being held in my hand. It's glazed with a semi-matte spearmint glaze, 4% copper carbonate and 6% rutile, it is a glossy warm green with cool mint matte crystals in it, especially where it breaks over the rim. The interior is dandelion "stroke and coat". Tipped so you can see the inside! Another view of a tall ashtray with three joint rests, being held in my hand. It's glazed with a semi-matte spearmint glaze, 4% copper carbonate and 6% rutile, it is a glossy warm green with cool mint matte crystals in it, especially where it breaks over the rim. The interior is dandelion "stroke and coat". An attempt at Kurinuki, a small cup made from marbled reclaimed clay cut into a landscape of textures. It's glazed in the same semi-matte spearmint glaze, 4% copper carbonate and 6% rutile. It breaks beautifully over the texture of the cup. I am holding it in my hand. A different view of the samen attempt at Kurinuki, a small cup made from marbled reclaimed clay cut into a landscape of textures. It's glazed in the same semi-matte spearmint glaze, 4% copper carbonate and 6% rutile. It breaks beautifully over the texture of the cup. I am tipping the cup to show the interior.
June 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
jackrabbit.bsky.social
Sometimes a test tile isn't big enough, I'm taking my spearmint for a serious trial run.

Both of these pots have dandelion stroke n' coat on the inside, and spearmint on the exterior, with an apricot underglaze runner.

I have no idea how these will turn out, but we'll see!
May 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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They turned out... fine, lol, I've decided I'm happy with the base recipe!

The first line is with added cobalt carbonate, 0.05% to 0.5%, and the bottom line is 1% to 4% lithium carbonate.

It came out too grey for my tastes! Turns out I'd rather have a warm green 💚
Top cup is my base spearmint glaze, the first line is 0.05% to 0.5% added cobalt carbonate, and the bottom line is 1% to 4% lithium carbonate. Cobalt carbonate added, 0.05% vs. 0.5% The original base recipe vs. 0.5% cobalt carbonate.
May 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Busy weekend in the pottery studio! I made a bunch of test tiles for my glaze experiments, trimmed and handled a good amount of mugs, and even managed to throw a few more.

I wish I had more time on the wheel, but it is what it is!
A bunch of extruded test tiles made of reclaimed clay, and painted with white slip. They have a few ridges on them to show how glazes will break over texture. The backs are smooth, which will show how glazes run. Three leather hard mugs made of white clay, with fresh handles on them. They sit on a table in a busy pottery studio. Four more leather hard mugs made of white clay, with fresh handles on them. They sit on a table in a busy pottery studio. Two wet, freshly thrown pots that will later become mugs. One is curvy and the other has straight sides that taper towards the mouth before opening up, like a tankard. They sit on a ware board in a busy pottery studio.
May 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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I did a big test tile (AKA old bisque ware I'd never bothered to glaze) of my 10L batch (split with a friend) of the spearmint.

It turned out nice, but the green is a little warmer than what I expected! I'm going to try adding a little cobalt carbonate to see if that suits me better (maybe 0.5%)
A small cup held in my hand in the sunlight. The glaze is an olive green, translucent and glossy with tiny light crystals throughout. The glaze breaks into a minty matte crystalline finish and pools dark at the bottom of the pot. A small cup held in my hand in the sunlight. The glaze is an olive green, translucent and glossy with tiny light crystals throughout. The glaze breaks into a minty matte crystalline finish and pools dark at the bottom of the pot. A small cup held in my hand in the sunlight. The glaze is an olive green, translucent and glossy with tiny light crystals throughout. The glaze breaks into a minty matte crystalline finish and pools dark at the bottom of the pot.
May 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I had a nice run of pots come out of the kiln, and then heard a little tinkling noise coming from the shelf I placed them on... I checked for crazing and instead found one of my handles had broken!

What was once an intact pot is now going into my smash bin. The joys and the misery of pottery, haha
A wheel-thrown mug, fully fired and glazed in a nice glossy cloudy pink, with a matte yellow/buff glaze over the top 1/3rd. The handle has a little stress fracture on the interior, where it curves onto the body of the mug.
April 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Testing testing testing glazes... I've just started putting what I've learned with regard to mixing glaze into practice, and I'm enjoying myself, but waiting for the kiln to fire and cool before I can see the results is going to be the end of me!
Two test tiles of a poorly measured crystalline spearmint glaze. The tile on the left is a decent representation of ~6% rutile, the tile on the right has much too much rutile in it. Test tiles for a much more carefully measured line test of variegated slate blue, 3, 4, 5, and 6% rutile, respectively. A test tile with raw glaze on it, from a fresh batch of spearmint I really hope I measured correctly because I made 10L and gave 5L of it to a friend. Only time will tell!
April 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I got to try my hand at mixing test batches of glaze at the studio.

A surprisingly enjoyable process, I'm sure I messed up my first batch but am confident the other two will be good representations of the recipes I used!

It was very tempting to drink the forbidden milkshake.... but I resisted.
A messy table, covered with the detritus of mixing glaze tests. There's a scale, notebook, immersion blender, and a collection of glazed test tiles among other things. I am holding a cup labeled "chun celadon" in my hand. Showing the contents of the chun celadon cup. A viscous, lightly mint and milky looking slurry. Delicious.
April 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Just came out of the kiln yesterday, possibly my best mug to date? I'm so pleased with the handle, and while the glazes didn't interact the way I expected, the results are gorgeous!
A decently sized mug, thrown from white stoneware. It has an upside-down ear-shaped handle, made through a combination of extruding and hand-pulling. The base glaze is a cloudy pink, with a matte yellow opalescent glaze over the top half. The same mug as the previous photo, but turned to show how the glaze breaks on the handle. The same mug again, turned to show the pink interior and the intentional swirl of my fingermark at the bottom of the mug. Once again the same mug, but close-up so we can see the way the glazes play together on the surface.
March 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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This is, I think, the best piece of pottery I've made so far, and it was a throw-away experiment with reclaimed clay "just to see what would happen"
A small moon jar shaped vase, that has been alerted. A circle near the collar was cut out, inverted, and put back into the piece, so it has a round convex plane that catches the light differently. It's coated in AMACO's crystalline Mars glaze, which shows up surprisingly dark and silver on the reclaimed clay body of the piece. The interior and foot are unglazed. A small moon jar shaped vase, that has been alerted. A circle near the collar was cut out, inverted, and put back into the piece, so it has a round convex plane that catches the light differently. It's coated in AMACO's crystalline Mars glaze, which shows up surprisingly dark and silver on the reclaimed clay body of the piece. The interior and foot are unglazed. A small moon jar shaped vase, that has been alerted. A circle near the collar was cut out, inverted, and put back into the piece, so it has a round convex plane that catches the light differently. It's coated in AMACO's crystalline Mars glaze, which shows up surprisingly dark and silver on the reclaimed clay body of the piece. The interior and foot are unglazed.
March 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Y'all wanna see some of my favorite photos of my boyfriend @nexusrasp.bsky.social and I, taken during my visit to California?
February 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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A few pots I've made recently. I haven't spent as much time in the pottery studio as I'd like lately, but I'm trying to get back into the rhythm of things.
A freshly trimmed moon jar made of leather-hard white clay, held in my hand. The background is a pottery studio, including my messy workstation. A purposefully collapsed thrown cylinder, made of soft leather-hard brown reclaimed clay. The folds look like the shaft of a well-worn, tall leather boot. It's untrimmed and sitting on a plaster bat in a busy pottery studio. An altered moon jar made of leather-hard brown reclaimed clay. It has a traditional moon-jar shape, except for a round section that has been cut out, flipped, and reinserted to make a concave plane. It's held in my hand in the backroom of a pottery studio.
January 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I've been working away on new pots but don't have much to show for it, yet. I've been making an effort to throw things that Aren't Just Mugs, so here's a recent moon jar, trimmed and ready for the greenware shelf.
Held in my hand, a leather hard stage vase shaped like a moon jar, round with a little lift. It has a small foot, and a narrow collar around its wide neck. In the background is a damp box filled with handled mugs and another little moon jar.
December 11, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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I DO make non-mug pottery, sometimes. This is a yarn bowl for a very dear friend of mine
A good sized yarn bowl, sitting in the sunshine on the rail of my backyard deck. It's glazed in obsidian and opalescent. The same yarn bowl, now held in my hand and titled to show the interior. The spiral at the bottom is mostly disguised by the glaze, but it's there!
June 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM