Serena Blair

A copper red and purple raku pottery sculpture of three intersecting rings on a stand

A closeup of the industrial glazing on a copper red and purple raku pottery sculpture

A closeup of the industrial glazing on a copper red and purple raku pottery sculpture

A closeup of the industrial glazing on a copper red and purple raku pottery sculpture

Unveiling 'Convergence', a sculptural study in connection and motion.

The rings rise and fold together in a way that feels both inevitable, mechanical and delicate, symbolizing relationships, shared journeys, and the quiet moments where lives intersect.

#ArtAdventCalendar #pottery

A beige pottery with two handles and a narrow neck, decorated with intricate dark brown patterns depicting a stylized octopus. The vessel is displayed on a white pedestal in a museum setting.

We all need a timeline cleanse right now, so let's start the day with this lovely jug with an octopus motif, dating ca 1200-1100 BC.

On display at National Museum Copenhagen.

A lovely weekend to all of you!

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#archaeology

My photo shows a Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. Octopus detail from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures, including the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish, at the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum.

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#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

Good morning, friends. When life feels overwhelming, joy can seem like a distant luxury—but it’s often closer than we think. Even in the midst of chaos, small moments of peace and connection can quietly illuminate the path forward. #Jaye’sMorningLight

An ornate crystal chandelier glows with golden light. Above is an ornate coffered ceiling with a circular design of pinks and reds framed by rectangular geometric patterns blue and red. Photo by Robert Emond.

#ChandelierSunday & #CeilingsOnSunday

From the House of Strauss, the last surviving original concert hall of the Strauss dynasty. Taken at a concert 10/30/25.

#Photography
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArchitecturalPhotography
#Architecture #InteriorDesign

A large bouquet of tulips in various colors sitting in a vase at a windowsill

VIENNESE IMPESSIONS
A Riot of Tulips on the Windowsill
Ready to Jump?
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#Bloomscrolling

close up of a fully opened snowdrop bloom, surrounded by many other snowdrops slightly out of focus

snowdrops deployed, springtime activated, I don't care what the calendar says
#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower

We need a man like FDR again...

The impressive adobe ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula and the surrounding stone defensive walls at Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico

#photography #travel #NewSpain #OldWest #Conquistadors

Felines of antiquity raku vase in full side 1. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

Felines of antiquity raku vase in full side 2. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

Felines of antiquity raku vase in full with dried flowers. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

A grey cat stands proudly on a red pillow with gold leaf design. The pillow is atop a white wooden rocking chair, the throne of said cat.

Inspired by ancient reverence for cats, I've created 'Felines of Antiquity,' a raku vase that honours their timeless, divine charm and enduring diva attitudes.

Does your cat act like a god or goddess? Mine certainly does!

Share your stories and photos below, and happy #Caturday to all!

#art #cats

Work in progress pen drawing a silhouetted feminine form standing near some surreal totem like structures

Not alone..
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Happy #caturday. Meet Sylvia. She’s from Lanzarote

#Caturday unfolding in real time

Spot the Kitty

#Caturday

Two kitties are on a counter eating their food (because if it was on the floor, Finn would gobble it up). A black one with white socks is near the food eating, a tortise shell colored one is getting all up in the photographer’s face licking her lips and staring at him through her pale green eyes.

I usually don’t participate in Caturday because I don’t have a cat. But the youngest daughter brought her two kitties to play with Finn before his surgery.

Meet Cat-herine the Great licking her chops and Nory Two Socks

#Caturday

Simpkin sat upright on a chair holding a cup of tea ready for the tailor who is lying in a draped four poster bed with whole sheets and striped covers. Illustration.

30 The Tailor of Gloucester when Simpkin came back with the pipkin of milk! Simpkin opened the door and bounced in, with an angry "G-r-r-miaw!" like a cat that is vexed: for he hated the snow, and there was snow in his ears, and snow in his collar at the back of his neck. He put down the loaf and the sausages upon the dresser, and sniffed. "Simpkin," said the tailor, "where is my twist?" But Simpkin set down the pipkin of milk upon the dresser, and looked suspiciously at the tea-cups. He wanted his supper of little fat mouse! "Simpkin," said the tailor, "where is my TWIST?"

A little more Beatrix Potter for #BookWormSat today and naughty, mouse-loving Simpkin.

A close-up of a Long-tailed Tit perched on a thin branch, facing the camera. Its round body is fluffed up with mostly white plumage, with subtle brown tones along the sides. The bird grips the branch with small dark feet against a softly blurred background. 細い枝にとまったシマエナガのクローズアップ。丸くふくらんだ体でカメラの方を向いており、全体は白い羽毛で、体の側面に淡い茶色が見える。小さな黒い足で枝をつかんでいる。背景は柔らかくぼけている。

Better enjoy spotting Long-tailed Tits now — it’ll get much harder once the leaves come in 😅 🪶
#土アップはシマエナガ。 #こっち見んな も入れときましょう😎
#DontLookAtMe #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Long-tailedTit #シマエナガ #birds #野鳥

#monoprint Acrylic on Paper.

#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative

A photograph of an oak tree in a field of yellow mustard

Alongside the Joe Rodota Trail, Laguna de Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
#trees #photography #landscape #art

An orange, black, and white tiger lying down with its front paws crossed, looking directly into the camera with green grass behind it

Happy Caturday to all who celebrate 😻 🐅

#Caturday #Tiger @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social #Tacoma #PointDefiance #PNW #Washington #Photography #Purr #BigCat #StrikeAPose #Vogue

An image of a raku fired vase that has a tiered pedestal. It has shimmery irridescent greens, gold, blues reds and violets and some matte black areas from the reduction material.

A close up view of the lower right portion of the same vase where you can see the blues/purples and reddish hues.

A view of the other side of the vase.

This is a photo of the raku process. Several vases being placed in the flames, in a reduction bin. They are all on fire, as is the material in the bin.

Inspired by the cosmos. Born from the flames of raku. A symphony of light and movement captured.

'Skyfire' draws it inspiration from the shimmery irridescent greens, reds, golds and violets of the northern lights.

Smash or Pass?

A photograph of a cluster of small white flowers worth yellow centers

I found this beauty in the Estero Americano Coast Preserve above Bodega Bay, California

Fremont’s deathcamas
(Toxicoscordion fremontii)
#flowers #bloomscroll #photography #art

Not a fan of Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses. It's an ugly design for pervert glasses and makes it too easy to be a pervert. I would prefer technology to make it more difficult to skeez, creep or perv on the world. I would like tech to protect me from creeps, not smooth the runway for them.

A circular terracotta relief featuring a face with a wide grin and its tongue sticking out. The face is framed by wavy, snake-like hair.

A terracotta antefix with the head of Medusa, the snake-haired creature whose sight turns everyone to stone.
Medusa’s head was a popular motif and used to ward off any evil.
Antifixes were used to conceal the ends of the tiles that ran along the edge of roofs. Ca. 480 BC

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The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. The front inscription reads: PICTOS VICTOS HOSTIS DELETA LVDITE SECVRI Translated as: ‘The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’. Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads: ‘UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as ‘Use happily; may you live well’. Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory!

This Roman ‘turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲

Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below.

From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400

📷 LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn

#Archaeology

Panelled doors with cross wing like design.

Music Room doors of the Behrens House
#Mathildenhöhe #Darmstadt #Germany
1900/01

Made by H. E. Eggers of Hamburg in wood, aluminium & bronze.

Displayed Institut Mathildenhöhe, Städtische Kunstsammlung Darmstadt

#AdoorableThursday
#MetalworkThursday
#Jugendstil #ArtNouveau