Kaolin And Hostas

Tall handmade ceramic vase with a spiraling, wrapped slab design, finished in earthy ivory and brown tones, displayed on a rustic wooden table against a white wall. Vase contains a bouquet of black eyed Susan flowers

The last moment of summer
This wrap vase is now listed on etsy
kaolinandhostas.etsy.com/listing/4369...

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Custom round porcelain tile with finely detailed sgraffito portrait of a couple framed by delicate white floral motifs. The carved black lines of clay contrast against the white underglaze, creating a striking hand-etched illustration with elegant detailing

Custom order alert! Personalized tile with couples portrait. I work from your photo to create a unique portrait combined with design elements. Check out Etsy for more details
kaolinandhostas.etsy.com/listing/4368...
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Sculptural upside down planter with bumpy texture and small tentacle at the bottom rim. Planted with a small succulent at the bottom. The planter has a creamed glaze that breaks in brick orange contrast over bumpy texture

Definitely a favorite. Upside down pot with a little succulent friend.
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Grassy ceramics coming in September
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I had my first international order on Etsy yesterday and holy smokes shipping prices bite. I do free shipping in US and factor the cost into the listing. So I was thinking of mentioning an international shipping discount in listings to help offset the cost for inter customers. What do you guys do?

Kiln opening highlights from yesterday
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Four clay sculptures in a bisque state. Large fish with opening along the spine creating a vessel. Rocking horse with rocket shaped fish. A woman statue with hands on her hips and bracelets, the statue does not have legs on the bottom and there is an opening at the breast levels that turns it into a vessel. Small pommel horse figuring that is somewhere in-between of being an animal and gym equipment

Congregation of bisque sculpture pieces. They all survived the initial firing and are now waiting for gutsy decoration muse
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Wrapped tile dish in brown paper with twine and white flower

Packaged tile dish with a summer touch for local delivery

Finished composter, on the right will be buried in soil with two sections on the left stacked on top. The top most section have stick like handled protruding around the perimeter. All sections have holes for ventilation and directly mingling with the soil

Inspiration image of dovecotes in Egypt. Three vertical structures with holes and sticks protruding near some of the holes

On the left finished dig-in-composter in three parts. On right dovecotes of Alexandria, inspirational image for the shape.. but also picking up some Dalek vibes😄
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Three parts of composter in different stages of completion. On the left middle section, done and bone dry. Followed by top section almost done and first ring of bottom section on the left

Complete middle section with almost complete top section. Top section (left) has complete form with handles as sticks protruding around the perimeter

Some more in progress shots of the composter. Middle section complete. The top section is almost done. And just starting the bottom

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A bowl that started as an axolotl but then it acquired lions tail and curved handles

A family of color birds with the nest

An orange cat, laying flat

Sharing some work of my student to brighten your day
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Ceramic composter, mid section in progress. Making airholes arranged in a pattern

Another update from the composter. Added a gallery and working on air holes
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Cool bird

Composter in progress with rough sketch for scale. Middle section

Almost finished middle section of the composter. Wet rags at the top will prevent it from drying overnight. This way I'll be able to make a gallery to hold the lid another day

Starting a new big boy, this will be a composter with a bottom section dug into the soil. It will have three sections and this is the middle par
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Top view of an open kiln after successfully bisque firing.

What is your word for when you open the kiln and everything is intact?
Mine is "kilning it!!"
( I know corny is my middle name )
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I would suggest linseed or tung oil if you want to be fancy. I usually use coconut oil, it doesn't go rancid fast like other kitchen oils. However this time it was canola. Considering how frequently tools get washed - it should be a problem

Wooden tool for hand building freshly oiled dand drying on the board

My personal time with clay has been limited in past month. Between the kid spending a month at home and the kick off of clay classes - my studio transformed into a staging area. But alas kiln is loaded, studio cleaned up and wood tools oiled #ceramics #handbuildersofbluesky #clay #art #potterystudio

Newly listed product on Etsy. Beige and brown upside down sculptural planter with succulent, dark brown and green tea light candle holder made out of five circles, dark brown a blue planter with cacti, round platter with bumpy texture in brick brown and turquoise glaze.

Listed!! 💫
Two planters with plants, tea light candle holder and round platter
kaolinandhostas.etsy.com

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#etsy #etsyshop

Group shot of four new ceramic pieces. Large round plate. Upside down planter with live plant. Planter with four small feet and a plant. Tea candle holder made out of circles.

Finishing listing these guys on Etsy. This will be live tomorrow 💫💫💫
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Kiln unloading. Working on listing these for Etsy
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A bowl with red and black current and zucchini

A bowl with gooseberries, zucchinis and bouquet of day lilies

Daily garden bounties
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Wet clumps of clay arranged in conical form

Wet clumps of clay arranged in conical form

Just some organic piles of @#$!
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Just scrapped this little fella from the glue trap 🥺

Art room with a table and clay tools set up to make a face

Finally got my business licenses, permits and all that to offer 🥁🥁🥁 private clay classes for the little ones
Appreciate your advice, suggestion, critique
dariaskripka.com/classes
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Hi Peter, thanks for the info. Just posted

A handcrafted ceramic vessel with a tall, tapered body and wide, flat handles extending horizontally from both sides. The surface features a rich, earthy palette with deep reddish-brown tones and vertical streaks of olive green glaze. The vessel has a wide cylindrical neck with a mottled brown glaze, giving it a rustic and sculptural appearance. It sits on a light wooden surface against a white brick wall backdrop.

This large planter is available for local pick up /delivery in #philadelphia
I have a listing on FB marketplace for those who are interested
www.facebook.com/share/15UFgo...
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I could see that happening.. to be able to abstract well you have to start with knowledge of the details to abstract from.
Not sure what you mean by seemingly "bad", is it the opinion of the artist or the audience?

If we separate bad and good as qualifiers from the "eye of the beholder". To the artist, I would think, it's all a process, the art that might have been seen as "bad" could be a crucial step for creating "good"

Sculpture of horse with stylizes tail and mane Two legs have half circles at the bottom, starting to look like the tail end of the plane or rocket

These sculptures have been rather spontaneous and come from very deeply personal space.. triggering all sorts of feelings in the process
The Rocking Horse

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I am afraid that something will be permanently fuzzed to the piece by glaze