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whenthebeestings.bsky.social
@whenthebeestings.bsky.social
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Novice potter with chronic pain finding her joy in the clay. I also restore & sell vintage & antique treasures in the PNW.

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♥️ These are a few of my favorite things ♥️
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I finished a personal project that's been burning in my head for over a year today. It's an item I collect & have wanted to make in the pottery studio after finding this book at a cool used book store. Video in the next post!!

My first ceramic kaleidoscope:
A woman's hand holding a ceramic kaleidoscope over a wooden table. It is essentially a closed tube that is glazed a plum color. The eye piece end is facing the camera. Book cover of The Kaleidoscope Book, a Spectrum of Spectacular Scopes to Make, edited by Thom Boswell.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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My favorite ring holders so far! Thrown on the pottery wheel, but the real success was in the glaze.
Two wheel-thrown pottery ring holders, on a carved Indian table, with jewelry in them. Close up of the first ring holder. It is a black base glaze, with a flowy blue glaze produced by Mayco's Opal Lustre. A lapis lazuli ring, a moonstone pendant, a handmade copper leaf charm & a copper bracelet echo the colors in the glaze. Close up of the second ring holder. It is a black base glaze, with a flowy blue glaze produced by Mayco's Opal Lustre. In this one, the Opal Lustre makes a fractal like pattern. An opal ring & a stone scarab bracelet mimic some of the colors of the glaze.
October 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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I wanted to see if I could bring my cake decorating skills to the pottery studio & pipe decorations with slip. Definite proof of concept!
A pair of ceramic earrings hanging on a vintage earring holder, in front of a vintage pink jewelry box. The earrings are a pink clay hearts with blue glaze, made to look like little heart shaped Valentine's Day cookies with piped icing strong the edges.
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Porcelain sculptures for a far-away friend when she was going through a hard time. Meant to remind her that our households share love, even with an ocean in between us... but that I sure wish she was next door.

I left them mostly unglazed because of the lovely snowy softness to porcelain.
Handmade ceramic sculptures of houses on cliffs, made of white porcelain. Mostly left completely unglazed, one sculpture is two houses set apart, with a body of water made of deep blue glaze between them. Suspended by wire between the houses is a bright red glazed heart. The second sculpture is completely unglazed, and it's two houses so close together they share a wall. The houses make a little island. Solo sculpture of the two houses set apart, all porcelain white except for a body of water made of deep blue glaze between them. Suspended by wire between the houses is a bright red glazed heart, symbolizing that our love even crosses an ocean. Solo photo of the all white, unglazed sculpture of two little houses on an island. Photo of the two sculptures together. The smaller one sits to the back, slightly out of focus.
October 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Working on wall pockets for air plants in the pottery studio. They're unglazed inside to retain some moisture but with a hole in the bottom so they don't get root rot after soaking.

Also planning to make them as magnets for the fridge. We have a LOT of air plants in this family.
An air plant in a ceramic holder that hangs on the wall. A tiny purple bud is on the air plant.
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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💀 Skull mugs... my first mugs actually, a gift for my husband who collects skulls. Thrown on the pottery wheel, details added when the clay was soft.

It's morbid, but it's really pleasing to hold these with one of your thumbs in an eye socket lol 💀
A handmade mug in the shape of a skull. The eye sockets are indented. Photo is filled out with a big skull candle, small carved stone skulls & crystals. TWO handmade ceramic mugs in the shape of skulls. The eye sockets are indented. One skull mug is bigger than the other & has teeth for more detail. Photo is filled out with a big skull candle, small carved stone skulls & crystals. A handmade mug in the shape of a skull with more experimental glazing. The eye sockets are indented. Photo is filled out with a big skull candle, small carved stone skulls & crystals.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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An apple & peach bowl I made in the pottery studio, to play with my underglaze pens. I loved how the speckled clay worked on the apple.
A scene showcasing a ceramic apple bowl thrown on a pottery wheel & then shaped. It has a tiny stem. The rim is red mimicking the skin of an apple & the speckle clay is only glazed with transparent, to mimic the flesh of an apple. Two seeds are hand drawn in glaze at the bottom. Behind the apple bowl is a figurine of a gnome feeding a mouse & in the foreground are two small red apples. A photo of the same apple bowl & gnome music box from the previous photo but viewed from above. There is also a bowl shaped like a peach, with a hand drawn pit on the bottom of the bowl.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Laurelhurst Community Center is excited to announce a Youth Pottery Class on Fridays 3:30-6:00pm. Call (206) 684-7529 for more information.
October 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A sweet little ceramic mushroom wall shelf for sweet little tiny things.
A handmade ceramic wall shelf made by a pottery student. It is glazed pink with a white shelf. The motif is two amanita mushrooms with 2D white stems carved into the clay & 3D hand sculpted red & white spotted caps create little umbrellas over a tea light candle. A tiny brass cat sits on the shelf with the candle. The nail hole is a hexagon. The same ceramic pink & white amanita wall shelf from the first photo, but in low light with the candle lit. It creates a nice glow & sends soft shadows onto the white wall.
October 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I have spent most of my week in a new (to me) pottery studio, and oh my gosh, it is soul-healing, haha.
If you think touching grass is good, go make something out of mud. LOL
September 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Lovely little kiln haul from a while back
6 handmade pottery items, only one of which is glazed. The glazed item is a small trinket dish, glazed in a deep red poppy pattern with hand drawn details. The unglazed items are a varied assortment, there's a bowl shaped like an apple, a ring holder, a small plant pot, a miso bowl & a banana slug.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM