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Shirley Jackson
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black + korean || she+her
💌: shirley@lioninthetrees.com

I make art—mainly pottery—combining wildlife & folklore;
I can also be found wishing on shooting stars and dancing with my dog.

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My baby has to stay overnight at the dealership
First World Problems meme - A photo of a white woman crying that is typically used in the context to describe a "first world problem" the OP is suffering from (or to be incredibly facetious).
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Jackalope Totem 🐇✨🦌✨

This piece was an experiment to try out not just a new flower motif (Prairie Fire), but a new way of playing with colour!
I also wanted an excuse to sculpt a big jackalope as well 😛

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A large ceramic black sgraffito jackalope sculpture featuring a beautiful green and red plant that is the Prairie Fire—a plant that resembles a fire-y red paintbrush.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Me when it comes to my big 3
Drowning Kid + Skeleton Meme. In this meme, there are two images stacked on top of each other. The top image features a mother happily giving attention to one child while another one is off to the side really struggling. The text over each character reads: Mom (ME) Happy Child (My Rising Sign) Drowning Child (My Sun Sign) The bottom image features that of a skeleton sitting in the bottom of a lake in a chair. The text paired with this skeleton reads: My Moon Sign. The vibe of the meme is a reflection of one's attention and priorities.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Cerberus Totem 🐺🐺🐺
One of my more ambitious pieces of 2025!

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Black sgraffito ceramic three headed wolf sculpture. Each wolf features a phase of the moon.
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Me whenever I want to bake something that uses apples, and I see the amount of prep work that's involved.
Happy Squidward laying out a lounging chair. Squidward grimly packing his shit up and going back inside.
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Rainbow Crow - Wall Slab 🦅🪶🌈
Wanted to play around with more colour and tassels.
Absolutely how this experiment turned out!!

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A ceramic wall hanging done in the shape of a bird doing a t-pose with a variety of sgraffito details. The crow has a rainbow tail, rainbow coloured floral markings on it's wings, a California Poppy carved into it's chest, and coordinating rainbow tassels hanging from it's tail.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Definitely a great series of horror games. I can't wait for their next one!!

Here's the recipe!
Screen shot of the recipe from the game. It reads: Pizza Pasta Bake -Uncooked pasta -Marinara sauce -Pepperoni -Mozzarella cheese -Diced tomatoes -Place all the ingredients in the casserole [dish] -Bake at 420 degrees -Bake for 35-40 mins -Enjoy x
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Made a modified version of the Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout casserole for dinner this week
A pizza pasta bake casserole done in a circular turquoise ceramic dish. Instead of vegan pepperoni (couldn't find it anywhere), I used thinly sliced veggie italian sausage as a topping.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Special Peace for Palestine bird wall slabs now available 🕊️🍉🇵🇸
100% of proceeds from these pieces will be donated to PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund).

Available here: shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...

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Ceramic bird shaped wall hanging of a cream coloured bird in a T-shaped pose. The wings are painted to mimic the Palestine flag. There are sgraffito floral details, and a set of handmade red tassels with handmade watermelon charms hanging from it's tail. This version has a red cheek. Ceramic bird shaped wall hanging of a cream coloured bird in a T-shaped pose. The wings are painted to mimic the Palestine flag. There are sgraffito floral details, and a set of handmade red tassels with handmade watermelon charms hanging from it's tail. This version has a gold cheek.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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tfw something you've been eyeballing to buy for the past year finally goes on sale AND THEN stacks a bigger markdown due to being on clearance making it dirt cheap
Super Saiyan Kermit the Frog meme An image of Kermit the Frog with a Super Saiyan wig juxtaposed over his head and the Super Saiyan power up effects around him
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Wolf and Crow Guardian Totem 🐺🌙🪶✨

My latest piece for Poetic Tiger Gallery's "Yours Truly" exhibition! This piece has sold via their early access email newsletter, but there are lots of fabulous pieces still available!

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Black ceramic wolf sculpture with sgraffito details and a handmade red tassel hanging from the wolf's mouth. There is a little black crow perched on their back. Black ceramic wolf sculpture with sgraffito details and a handmade red tassel hanging from the wolf's mouth. There is a little black crow perched on their back. This is a right side view of the sculpture.
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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seven days
Me dressed as a no maintenance Samara from The Ring using my own long, black-blonde ombre straightened hair that is covering my entire face and a white crinkly sleeveless dress. There is a texture effect added to the photo making it look like something from a film.
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Congrats, happy for you, nice
Squidward window meme. In this meme, Squidward is inside his house, shadowed, as he looks out the window at Spongebob and Patrick running around outside having a good time. Juxtaposed over Squidward reads, "me, a voter in ca, with a boring flag-themed "I VOTED" Sticker". Juxtaposed over Patrick and Spongebob are “ny voters getting a fun, unique halloween-themed "I VOTED" sticker“.
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Surprise! I finally got some new pottery available! ✨🍁
Lots of new critters, and I've also got some goods to help raise funds for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!

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Family photo of the pieces in this current pottery update. There's a jackalope, a wolf cerberus, a strange long cat looking creature, and various little guys like a whale, a kaiju, wolves, and dragons.
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Kumiho Totem 🦊🔥✨

My piece for the upcoming Giant Robot Store Yokai exhibition celebrating folklore and fables!

My piece will be available tomorrow at 11am PT on their site here:
www.giantrobot.com/collections/...

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A black sgraffito ceramic 3-tailed fox sculpture. There are orange flames and California Poppies carved into it’s body. It is holding a handmade red tassel in it’s mouth that also has a fortune coin tied into the tassel itself.
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Great Aunt be like:
“Am I a joke to you?” meme - a popular reaction image of a stern-looking Black man with the caption: “am I a joke to you?”
October 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Running Moon Wolf Totem 🐺🌙✨

I have a new piece available with Every Day Original ( @everydayoriginal.bsky.social )!

Purchase here:
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A ceramic black underglaze wolf sculpture posed as though it's leaping or running. It has it's head arched back and a crescent moon sculpture on it's back. There are sgraffito markings all along it's body including a crescent moon on the chest and a California Poppy done with a yellow underglaze.
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Reduction block print inspired by the California Gull! 🐦🍟✨
This is the very last print for my Printmaking Pals as the club is now coming to an end.

#art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking
Relief linoblock print featuring a California Gull standing in the center. There are Sego Lillies around the four corners of the piece, as well as bee hives at the top and below the bird serving as iconography representing the state of Utah.
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This guy was kind of difficult to photograph, and is one that translates better in-person. I wanted to recreate the shape of Korea as it's sometimes portrayed as an ascending tiger.
They kind of look like they're dancing hence their name 😂

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A large sgraffito orange and creamy white ceramic tiger sculpture sitting on it's hind legs rearing up with a paw in the air, and it's mouth wide open as though it's shouting to the sky. There is a mini-me version of them pictured in front of them mimicking the pose. A large sgraffito orange and creamy white ceramic tiger sculpture sitting on it's hind legs rearing up with a paw in the air, and it's mouth wide open as though it's shouting to the sky. This photo portrays the left side of the piece.
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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White Tiger Totem 🐯✨
Still one of my favourites ✨💖

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Front view of a sgraffito white tiger ceramic sculpture with gold overglaze details that make up the stripes, other markings, and my signature California Poppy motif on the side of it's body.
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Throwback to this Humpback Whale totem I made last year 🐋✨💖

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Left 3/4 view. Sgraffito Humpback whale animal sculpture done with black underglaze and gold overglaze for extra details.
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Experimental canopic jars I made for my QCCC crew over on Patreon ✨✨

These were some of the best cylinders I've ever thrown on the wheel, and I'm excited to apply what I've learned from making these towards future things.

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A group of 8 ceramic canopic jars that feature a variety of animal heads for the lid of the jar. There are a group of wolves, a bear, a dragon, and an own. They were all painted with black underglaze and feature a variety of sgraffito marks and details.
September 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Reminder that my birthday sale—50% off of pins & prints—ends in 6 days! ✨🎉💖

((I've also been throwing in stickers for every order too.))

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Photo of my sketchbook with a spread featuring two Great Horned Owls using sharpie, green, orange, and yellow highlighter markers. There is also text advertising the sale featuring on the pages.
September 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Me when I get Johnny Cage and Johnny Cash mixed up
Screen shot of Sheryl Lee Ralph who plays Barb on the show Abbott Elementary. Barb is notorious for getting celebrities and artists of similar names mixed up.
September 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Brontosaur Totem 🦕✨

Originally, I intended on having this be another scrunchie-saur to protect one's scrunchies and hair-ties, but I forgot to dunk them in clear glaze before cooking 😂😂😂

This friend is still available here:
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A large ceramic Brontosaur sculpture with black and orange underglazes. The piece also features carved textures and California Poppy motifs that climb all over it's body.
September 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM