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Sally Pope Pottery
@sallypope.bsky.social
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Birds, flowers, color, clay; finding inspiration in the natural world.
Art saves lives. Be kind. Love wins.
Former Flight Attendant & teacher of young children.
Coastal NC
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From The Little Prince (published 1943)
#pottery #mugshot #handbuildersofbluesky #thelittleprince #coffeemug
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Butterfly small tray.
#pottersofbluesky #handbuildersofbluesky #butterflyart #amacoglazes #artsaveslives
Small pottery tray with orange, black and white monarch butterfly, yellow flowers, green leaves with sky blue background on grass.
April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Bowl.
#handbuildersofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #maycoglazes #pottery #potterybowl #artsaveslives
Handbuilt pottery bowl with wide ruffled rim. Glaze colors are dotted shades of yellow and orange with an amber topaz over glaze and sandstone center.
April 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Pinch pot vase. #pottersofbluesky #handbuiltpottery #butterfly #spring #vase #pottery #handbuildersofbluesky #artsaveslives
Small clay pinchpot vase filled with flowers pink, white and purple. The vase is blue with a colorful butterfly on it.
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Almost time for the daisies🌼
#pottersofbluesky #handbuildersofbluesky
#flowerpower #mugshot #daisy #ceramica #flowers #artsaveslives
Handbuilt pottery mug with daisy pattern in indigo blue, white and yellow glazes.
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The joyous songs of spring.
#pottersofbluesky #handbuldersofbluesky #putabirdonit #artsaveslives #mugshot #clay #birdart #warbler
March 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Mandala texture.
#handbuildersofbluesky
#pottersofbluesky #mandala #textureinclay #celadonglazes #platter #artsaveslives
Hand built pottery plate with mandala pattern in blues
March 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Shades of blue.
#pottersofbluesky #handbuildersofbluesky #shadesofblue #texture #smalldish #artsaveslives
Textured pottery dish in shades of blue. Textured pottery dish in shades of blue.
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Warbler
#pottersofbluesky #birdart #clay #warbler #handbuildersofbluesky
#underglazetransfer #artsaveslives
Small rectangular pottery dish with blue rim and a warbler bird on a branch. Colors include yellow, pink, gray, blue.
March 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Everybirdy welcome.

#birdsofbluesky #birds #bluebirds #woodpeckers
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#mugshot #handbuildersofbluesky
#pottersofbluesky
#texture
Textured pottery coffee mug in blue and yellow held against the blue sky. Textured pottery coffee mug in blue and yellow with yellow daffodils in background.
March 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Just a pop of spring to brighten your day! (Vase by me).
#flowers #spring #handbuildersofbluesky #vase #blueskyartshow #monochrome #artsaveslives
Handmade ceramic vase filled with freshly picked bright yellow daffodils.
February 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Indy & Roger staying informed.
#caturday #catsofbluesky
2 cats watching television together. One is a calico and the other a ginger tabby.
February 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Testing out some new (to me) underglazes by Coyote. Nice vibrant colors! 👍👍
#testtiles #pottersofbluesky #handbuildersofbluesky #coyoteglazeandcolor
Testing coyote brand underglazes for pottery. Very nice brilliant colors. Greens, red, yellow, brown. Blue is spectrum underglaze.
February 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Feb 21
Not an optimist or a pessimist but a secret third thing where you look up at the sky and scream a lot
February 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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As a former Flight Attendant, I respectfully applaud @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
petebuttigieg.bsky.social Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Feb 18
Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
February 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Bird bowl from various sides.
#blueskyartshow #monochrome #pottersofbluesky
#handbuildersofbluesky #birdart
Blue hand built pottery bowl of birds flying. Blue hand built pottery bowl of birds flying (opposite angle). Blue hand built pottery bowl of birds flying.
February 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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My final day of 20 pots.
Thank you Bluesky friends for indulging me. All the love to you💕

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 20

#20pots #pottery #ceramics #clay #handbuiltceramics #handbuildersofbluesky #pottersofbluesky
Cardinals in birch trees heart shaped pottery plates.
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 19

#20pots #pottery #ceramics #clay #handbuiltceramics #handbuildersofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #echinacea #coneflowers #artsaveslives
February 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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If all that’s happening is bothering you, this is a beautiful read. 🤝
nytopinion.nytimes.com New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Feb 10
“Tuning out can feel like the only way to survive. But too many people are in immediate danger and can’t afford to look away,” the author @margaretrenkl.bsky.social writes. “We can’t change what’s already done, but we can let the anarchists know we’re watching now.”
Opinion | Tenderness as an Act of Resistance
They are trying to overwhelm us and force us to look away. But we must not.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 18

#20pots #pottery #ceramics #clay #handbuiltceramics #handbuildersofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #ocean
February 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. (I’ve broken the rule of order by sharing 2 of my very first pinchpots on day 17)☺️

*even imperfect pots have beauty

#20pots #pottery #clay #ceramics #handbuiltceramics #handbuildersofbluesky
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Through my window. Have a beautiful Sunday. 🐦💙
#easternbluebird
February 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 16

#20pots #pottery #ceramics #clay #handbuiltceramics #handbuildersofbluesky #pottersofbluesky #flowers #flowerpower #daisy #artsaveslives
February 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 15

#20pots #pottery #ceramics #clay #handbuiltceramics #pottersofbluesky #handbuildersofbluesky #slabbuilt #artsaveslives #patterns #celadon
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM