Stephanie Butler
@sixtoesstudio.bsky.social
Artist, Educator in California.
Primary Creative at Six Toes Studio.
Primary Creative at Six Toes Studio.
Sculpture 99% finished. Traps, 2025, Ceramic and mixed media.
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sculpture 99% finished. Traps, 2025, Ceramic and mixed media.
A student glazed the bottom of their work, left no note to use a stilt in the kiln. It was a lucky, lucky break - pun intended - that it came free of the kiln shelf.
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A student glazed the bottom of their work, left no note to use a stilt in the kiln. It was a lucky, lucky break - pun intended - that it came free of the kiln shelf.
Timely Local news in our sanctuary city has been vital to staying safe and knowing where and how to help our neighbors. Daniel has been running and funding The Santanero on his own for a few years from his wages as he works his way through college! Read his work, help him grow. www.santanero.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Timely Local news in our sanctuary city has been vital to staying safe and knowing where and how to help our neighbors. Daniel has been running and funding The Santanero on his own for a few years from his wages as he works his way through college! Read his work, help him grow. www.santanero.org
Aerial view 2 of 3, slow.
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Aerial view 2 of 3, slow.
Top view, one of three.
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Top view, one of three.
It’s working. Dry fit on a ceramic sculpture.
June 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It’s working. Dry fit on a ceramic sculpture.
Getting closer to finished.
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Getting closer to finished.
Keeping on. Tired. It’s hard to rest in Santa Ana lately.
June 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Keeping on. Tired. It’s hard to rest in Santa Ana lately.
Continuing the sculpture in progress: I got to make a bottle rack type tool for the next part, but fired in the kiln too soon and too quickly. Yes, it exploded to smithereens! 🤞 for a successful slow fire today so I can wrap this series up and share it.
June 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Continuing the sculpture in progress: I got to make a bottle rack type tool for the next part, but fired in the kiln too soon and too quickly. Yes, it exploded to smithereens! 🤞 for a successful slow fire today so I can wrap this series up and share it.
Parts of the in progress sculpture: Camus fly trap leaves. The round ends will support the traps.
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Parts of the in progress sculpture: Camus fly trap leaves. The round ends will support the traps.
Fine. Here’s me drawing from Inktober a year or two ago.
June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Fine. Here’s me drawing from Inktober a year or two ago.
Three lousy millimeters and but a few inches of space to move are what stand between a broken pug mill, and one that will function for another forty years. Leverage, not strength.
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Three lousy millimeters and but a few inches of space to move are what stand between a broken pug mill, and one that will function for another forty years. Leverage, not strength.
Yes.. take a peek here, getting closer to done. The resin sealed the prints in place on the ceramic traps, made it look extra wet.
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yes.. take a peek here, getting closer to done. The resin sealed the prints in place on the ceramic traps, made it look extra wet.
When dating, we used to tell each other “you’re my favorite person”. We beamed when we heard it as dialogue in a film we watched. We still say it to each other, and to our kids, and our friends. Now I hear it from my boss and friend. Have you got favorite people too?
May 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When dating, we used to tell each other “you’re my favorite person”. We beamed when we heard it as dialogue in a film we watched. We still say it to each other, and to our kids, and our friends. Now I hear it from my boss and friend. Have you got favorite people too?
Big Terra cotta pots
April 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Big Terra cotta pots
I 3D printed them in PLA. I wrote the words first, photographed the words and edited them, then turned the file into a .stl file for printing.
April 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I 3D printed them in PLA. I wrote the words first, photographed the words and edited them, then turned the file into a .stl file for printing.
Carnivorous plants of sorts. #workinprogress #sculpture #ceramics #3dprinting #uvresin #cursive #penmanship #redclayorangehands
April 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Carnivorous plants of sorts. #workinprogress #sculpture #ceramics #3dprinting #uvresin #cursive #penmanship #redclayorangehands
“Project season” has got a hold of me lately: sculpture, furniture refinishing, antiquing, and being adjacent to others’ fond reminiscences. All these activities encourage an appreciation for what was, how things worked, the context of systems, and also inspire longing to incorporate it into now.
April 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Project season” has got a hold of me lately: sculpture, furniture refinishing, antiquing, and being adjacent to others’ fond reminiscences. All these activities encourage an appreciation for what was, how things worked, the context of systems, and also inspire longing to incorporate it into now.
Carnivorous plants … I get to tinker with the kiln this weekend. While these came out o.k., it took 20 hours to reach temp., should’ve taken 5 hours. These can be so much better than this. Re-glaze/re-fire time after I find and fix the kiln issue.
March 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Carnivorous plants … I get to tinker with the kiln this weekend. While these came out o.k., it took 20 hours to reach temp., should’ve taken 5 hours. These can be so much better than this. Re-glaze/re-fire time after I find and fix the kiln issue.
Series in progress, time lapse.
March 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Series in progress, time lapse.
Bisque fire successful, series in progress.
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Bisque fire successful, series in progress.
Is getting lost on purpose actually getting lost?
February 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Is getting lost on purpose actually getting lost?
Carnivorous plant sculptures in progress.
February 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Carnivorous plant sculptures in progress.