Annie
@thebiteymoose.bsky.social
Potter, painter, flower grower, and science writer
Reposted by Annie
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
A mini bouquet I made in a mini vase I made
April 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A mini bouquet I made in a mini vase I made
I did another Throw Thursday! And then promptly knocked the board I had transfered everything to on the floor... I'm so glad you can reclaim clay!
April 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I did another Throw Thursday! And then promptly knocked the board I had transfered everything to on the floor... I'm so glad you can reclaim clay!
I discovered with delight two Terry Pratchett short story collections in the library the other day I hadn't seen before!
The passage in a story from the Witch's Vacuum Cleaner is exactly how I feel when I read his work: I go to a place that is far and near my time as the other side of a shadow.
The passage in a story from the Witch's Vacuum Cleaner is exactly how I feel when I read his work: I go to a place that is far and near my time as the other side of a shadow.
March 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I discovered with delight two Terry Pratchett short story collections in the library the other day I hadn't seen before!
The passage in a story from the Witch's Vacuum Cleaner is exactly how I feel when I read his work: I go to a place that is far and near my time as the other side of a shadow.
The passage in a story from the Witch's Vacuum Cleaner is exactly how I feel when I read his work: I go to a place that is far and near my time as the other side of a shadow.
I saw violets in the leaf litter and held hope in my hands.
March 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I saw violets in the leaf litter and held hope in my hands.
I did it! I touched clay today!!
March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I did it! I touched clay today!!
I haven't been allowing myself time to make things at all so I'm thinking about starting "Throw Thursday" where I try to throw at least one pot.
March 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I haven't been allowing myself time to make things at all so I'm thinking about starting "Throw Thursday" where I try to throw at least one pot.
I like throwing outside because it's easier to clean up after.
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I like throwing outside because it's easier to clean up after.
I made this tiny vase from a lump of clay, heat, and some pigments!!! It NEVER gets old!!
#pottery #imadethat #smallvesselWednesday
#pottery #imadethat #smallvesselWednesday
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I made this tiny vase from a lump of clay, heat, and some pigments!!! It NEVER gets old!!
#pottery #imadethat #smallvesselWednesday
#pottery #imadethat #smallvesselWednesday
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The not so pretty side: kiln maintenance and reclaim
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The not so pretty side: kiln maintenance and reclaim
I'm so proud of my latest batch. It looks like 'real' pottery. This is one of my Galaxy Mugs.
March 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I'm so proud of my latest batch. It looks like 'real' pottery. This is one of my Galaxy Mugs.
Glaze fire complete!
I am mad two of my nicer bowls cracked a teeny bit on the bottoms but I had so much trouble with uneven drying in my winter studio, I'm not surprised. Some winners. Some glaze failures. It's always a surprise.
Photos to come!
I am mad two of my nicer bowls cracked a teeny bit on the bottoms but I had so much trouble with uneven drying in my winter studio, I'm not surprised. Some winners. Some glaze failures. It's always a surprise.
Photos to come!
March 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Glaze fire complete!
I am mad two of my nicer bowls cracked a teeny bit on the bottoms but I had so much trouble with uneven drying in my winter studio, I'm not surprised. Some winners. Some glaze failures. It's always a surprise.
Photos to come!
I am mad two of my nicer bowls cracked a teeny bit on the bottoms but I had so much trouble with uneven drying in my winter studio, I'm not surprised. Some winners. Some glaze failures. It's always a surprise.
Photos to come!
My first glaze firing of 2025 is loaded!
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My first glaze firing of 2025 is loaded!
I learned what are the hot commercial glazes combos this time around. I picked ones that should interact in cool ways. Given my chemistry/lab background, I know making my own is the next step... Pottery ... it's a slippery slope, folks.
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I learned what are the hot commercial glazes combos this time around. I picked ones that should interact in cool ways. Given my chemistry/lab background, I know making my own is the next step... Pottery ... it's a slippery slope, folks.
I'm calling this the Monet Bowl. I'm not sure how mixing these Mayco Stroke&Coat colors will fire but I'm excited.
February 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm calling this the Monet Bowl. I'm not sure how mixing these Mayco Stroke&Coat colors will fire but I'm excited.
My very slow glazing process has begun.
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My very slow glazing process has begun.
(The bisque looks great.)
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
(The bisque looks great.)
The scientific name for the black rat is 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑢𝑠.
February 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The scientific name for the black rat is 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑢𝑠.
As a scientist, I didn't know I'd come to believe so fervently in the Kiln Gods.
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As a scientist, I didn't know I'd come to believe so fervently in the Kiln Gods.
Wow! Cool! The etymology of the words bisque (as in creamy soupy delight) and bisque (as in bisqueware) have completely separate origins, although both appeared around the same time period.
I think that's rather unique.
www.etymonline.com/word/bisque
I think that's rather unique.
www.etymonline.com/word/bisque
bisque | Etymology of bisque by etymonline
"stewed, thickened soup," 1640s, bisk, from French bisque "crayfish soup" (17c.), said to… See origin and meaning of bisque.
www.etymonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wow! Cool! The etymology of the words bisque (as in creamy soupy delight) and bisque (as in bisqueware) have completely separate origins, although both appeared around the same time period.
I think that's rather unique.
www.etymonline.com/word/bisque
I think that's rather unique.
www.etymonline.com/word/bisque
I think I'm going to do my first 2025 bisque fire this week....
Why is it bisque?? Like the soup?? Why have I never realized they share the same name??
Why is it bisque?? Like the soup?? Why have I never realized they share the same name??
February 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think I'm going to do my first 2025 bisque fire this week....
Why is it bisque?? Like the soup?? Why have I never realized they share the same name??
Why is it bisque?? Like the soup?? Why have I never realized they share the same name??