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mossy mossy studio (she/her)
@mossymossystudio.bsky.social
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(connie) casual art from portland 🌲
✨ making pottery at nolaclaypdx.com
🌸 and ikebana with oharaoregon.org
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Gonna call this a success! Love the satisfying texture of the grog on the bare clay 💕
Finished ceramic cup, white porcelain with rainbow speckles. The mug is glazed clear on the inside, and the outside has vertical stripes of bare clay and clear glaze
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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I recently bought some rainbow-colored grog to try mixing into porcelain for a confetti look — this is my first trial run of that after bisqueing ☺️ the clay looks tan in the picture because it’s wet (I just gave it a quick sanding), but it should fire white. So excited to see how this turns out!
A pottery bisqueware cup in a light colored clay with rainbow speckles
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Just realized I never shared this Halloween-y arrangement from last week’s class! It’s my first water-reflecting style moribana ☺️
I’ve had it on my dining table for a week, but this morning I harvested the petals and fruit to see if they’ll make a nice natural dye 🤞

#ikebana #oharaikebana
A Japanese flower arrangement in a low, wide grey bowl. The arrangement uses bright yellow and orange safflower and Chinese lantern. One long branch of Chinese lantern hangs low over the water.
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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New mug! This glaze texture is so satisfying 🤩

#pottery #ceramics #mugshotmonday
A light purple mug with white flowers left unglazed
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Itty bitty American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) I plucked on a walk the other day, vs. Fuyu persimmon from the grocery store — look how cute and perfect and little, it’s like the grocery store persimmon has a mini-me 🥹 I am such a sucker for tiny things.
A hand holding a fuyu persimmon (about the size of an apple) next to an American persimmon which is identically-shaped but way smaller (the size of a jumbo blueberry)
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Ikebana class is back 🌟
All of these materials are from my front yard, so this is almost like a little snapshot of early October in Portland ☺️ I love using my peony leaves this time of year!

#ikebana #oharaikebana #autumn
A “slanting moribana” Japanese flower arrangement featuring peony leaves, Douglas aster, and hydrangea, all of which are turning color for fall. The plants are in a low brown container, and the arrangement has the overall feel of a bit of landscape starting to die back for the winder.
October 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Glaze experiment before and after 😄
I did this one by pulling up 4 glazes in one 50ml syringe, wetting the plate to slow absorption, then emptying the syringe onto the plate and swirling it around like an acrylic pour painting. I think it turned out neat!

#pottery #ceramics #glazetest
Bisqued ceramic plate before glaze fire. The glaze looks like a marbled grey/white surface The same plate after glaze fire. The glaze is white, green, and brown with both matte and shiny spots, and some shiny bronze speckles where the glazes interacted.
September 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Newest mug, and maybe my favorite yet ☺️
The apple is painted with Mayco Stroke n’ Coat 🎨

#pottery #ceramics #mugshotmonday
Handmade ceramic mug, in brown clay with white glaze and a detailed painting of an apple.
September 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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My two favorites from the last batch of glaze tests — a new wax resist pattern, and some neat crystally glaze interaction from Mayco Himalayan Salt, Black Walnut, and Green Tea 💕
A small ceramic bowl glazed with a matte pink base coat with mottled patches of green/brown on top A small ceramic bowl glazed black, with daisy shaped spots left bare, exposing white clay underneath
August 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Last class’s ikebana arrangement (and the last one for a while probably!)
It’s another slanting moribana, with snowberry, pompom dahlia, and pink lace flower 🌼

#ikebana #oharaikebana
A flower arrangement in a low white bowl. Two round yellow dahlias are front and center, with green leafy snowberry branches arching out to the right, and some delicate pink laceflower in the middle.
August 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Social media vs. real life 😂

No idea how this cup turned out SO warped, but I’m happy with how my little stroke n’ coat experiment turned out on the rainier cherries!

#pottery #ceramics
August 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Finished my sewing project just in time for the Thorns game this morning! Bummed about the loss, but on the other hand — that Croix/Trinity masterpiece?? Nah you deserved that one Spirit, we’ll take the next one 🤷🏻‍♀️
#BAONPDX #thatsthespirit
The front of a homemade cropped tank top. It’s made with scraps of fabric in muted white, reds, and greens, and has the emblem of the Portland Thorns in the center. The back of the homemade top, with a similar quilt-inspired pattern A selfie of me wearing the top from the previous two photos
August 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Arrangement from class today with materials from my yard — actually I brought a third material as well but didn’t end up using it! I like that my hydrangea has flowerheads in a bunch of different stages right now (new, full bloom, fading…) and wanted to really showcase that ☺️

#ikebana #oharaikebana
Slanting moribana flower arrangement in a round celadon container. Branches of the red alder tree are used as subject and secondary, with green cones and pollen cones. Blue lacecap hydrangea is used as the object and shown in 3 different stages of life.
August 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A slanting moribana from ikebana class today — I always have a hard time with this style! I think I’m getting better at it though 😅

Climbing rose and hosta leaves (from my yard) and feverfew (from the grocery store 😂)

#ikebana #oharaikebana #flowers
Flower arrangement in a low celadon container. A rose branch with magenta roses leans out to the right side, balanced by some low green and white hosta leaves on the left. A grouping of sweet feverfew daisies sits in the middle.
July 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Looooove this teapot that just came out of the kiln 😍 I found the branch I’m using as the handle on a beach in Japan earlier this year, and made the teapot especially to suit it 🥰

The teapot is thrown, but altered in a kurinuki-inspired way!

#ceramic #pottery #teapot
Ceramic teapot, white glaze with green speckles on brown clay. It looks rugged like a rock and has a branch as a handle going across the top The same ceramic teapot from more of a top-down angle
July 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Shoutout Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad — we had a great time on their evening train yesterday! So fun 😄
July 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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So in love with the materials for today’s ikebana arrangement — perfectly summery, and the little tendrils in the sweet pea are so cute they make me want to cry 🥲

This is an upright moribana with coneflower, sweet pea, and lace cap hydrangea!

#ikebana #oharaikebana #flowers
A flower arrangement in a light grey low bowl. There are tall bright pink coneflowers, shorter light pink sweet pea flowers, and bright blue and purple lace cap hydrangea flowers.
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Oh I also have this one, which is lavender mist and textured turquoise on honey flux! Can’t remember the clay, but some type of buff stoneware
Glaze ceramic cup that used Mayco lavender mist, Amaco textured turquoise, and Amaco honey flux glazes
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I think this planter base is the best example of the difference because I used honey flux on the outside and blossom flux on this inside! Both were used as the bottom layer, with textured turquoise on top and a bit of capri blue on the rim.
Honey flux glaze result example Flux blossom glaze result example
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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New mug for Mugshot Monday — the overall feeling reminds me a bit of grape bubblegum 🍇 😋

#pottery #ceramics #handmademug #mugshotmonday
A purple mug with bubbled out sides like a squashed snowman
June 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Some days ikebana is easy and your teacher hardly makes any corrections at all; other days she has to fix the arrangement completely… this was definitely in the latter category so I can’t take full credit for this one 😅

#ikebana #oharaikebana #peonies
An Ohara school upright moribana style ikebana flower arrangement in a white madoka container. The arrangement uses light pink peonies, white Peruvian lilies, and dark green photinia foliage.
June 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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So cute!! A random other idea: any chance you’d consider adding a piece of fabric on the outside for slotting onto a rolly bag for the airport??
Purse on top of a rolling suitcase. The purse is slotted onto the handle of the suitcase.
June 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I made a mug featuring my favorite chicken boy, @unicouniuni3.bsky.social 🥹 this is really gonna up the joy level of tea time I think 🥰🥰

#pottery #ceramics #porcelain #ceramicmug
A handmade blue ceramic mug with a cute cat face painted onto it The back of the mug with the words “chicken boy” written on it A glaze detail of the mug, showcasing the light blue and white drips on the inside rim
June 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Back with some more questionably functional ware 🫡
Mug made by my husband, weird daffodil lid/teabag-holder-thing by me 🥲

#pottery #ceramics #questionableideas
Ceramic mug holding a tea bag, with a ceramic daffodil acting as a lid The same ceramic mug of tea, but the daffodil lid has been turned upside down and is holding the tea bag now
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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A big ol’ walking mushroom mug (my favorite Delicious in Dungeon character!)

Also shoutout @littleguys3d.bsky.social for the tiny dog in the background — he’s been motivating me to go on daily walks ☺️

#pottery #ceramics #ceramicmug #mugshotmonday
A big mug with pink-speckled white glaze, a red walking mushroom painted with underglaze, and a trio of sculpted mushrooms on top of the handle
April 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM