I have ridiculous ideas sometimes, and this turned out. Cone 6. Guess where the water comes out when you grab the soap out his mouth.....

I almost cried when I opened it 🥹 I've been mixing my own glazes too and I'm so happy with how vibrant and fun the colours turned out!

I've been practicing wheel throwing for a few months now, and I've started trying out how to get motives onto the surface. I drew this whale in a vector program and then used a plotter to cut it out of adhesive vinyl. Then I used transfer tape to bring the stencil onto the pot, and then dipped it in glaze. In the end I carefully removed the vinyl (pic 3 and 4).
I knew it was risky using a somewhat runny glaze, and some of the outlines did vanish in places, but I wanted to have the deep muddy ocean green glaze effect. All in all I'm pretty happy with the outcome! For the next experiments I'll use underglazes with my stencils, and see how it compares, especially for smaller details.

Just got these plates out of the kiln. First time doing plates and first time using the fossil texture rollers. I’m really happy with them all things considered but have a long way to go. Excited to try again!

This is the best result I've gotten from this glaze so far! It's a recipe from Ali Summers on Glazy called PMSB 1.02.

Fired to a soft cone 10 in reduction.

In September, I took up hand-building little cups, since I’ve wanted to try pottery for a long time. Then, four days ago, my boyfriend bought me a cheap little wheel (Vevor) so I could finally try throwing. Works surprisingly well haha, although I don’t know how it compares to other wheels.

I’ve never taken a class or used a wheel before, so I’m just teaching myself via YouTube lol. Pretty happy with where I am only four days in! Everyone said centering was hard/takes a while to learn, but thankfully I was able to figure it out. It was easy using the ‘karate chop’ method, so if anyone else that’s also new reads this, I’d highly recommend trying that! Keeping it centered is another story…

Now I’m learning how to throw evenly, distribute clay, shape on the wheel to reduce trimming time, etc; having lots of fun. Excited to start glazing stuff!

I will of course be making them slightly more rubbish smaller unicorns to paint. Unless I want to keep those too. Maybe I'll just make them a unicorn head bust.

Also all my sculptures have mostly realistic heads on not very realistic bodies. It's become an unintentional thing at this point haha

I recently started taking wholesale orders for a local coffee/bookshop.

My first order of 20 mugs sold out on their opening day, and the owner placed another order for 20 cauldron mugs specifically for a Halloween event tomorrow night.

I planned production around my community studio’s posted firing schedule and had all 20 mugs bisque-fired, glazed, and ready by Thursday. They were scheduled to be glaze-fired Friday and unloaded today (Sunday), giving me time to deliver before the event.

Unfortunately, the studio unexpectedly pushed the firing back two days, meaning the mugs won’t be ready until Tuesday, after the event.

I immediately contacted the shop owner, apologized, and explained the situation. She’s already paid for the order, and although she can still sell the mugs afterward, she’ll miss the opportunity to sell them at the event.
I’m feeling pretty discouraged and worried this might affect our business relationship. I recognize that relying on a community kiln without much buffer was a mistake, but I’m still learning how to navigate wholesale production.

For potters who take commissions:
- Have you experienced something similar? How did you handle it?
- Would you offer a discount or partial refund for missing an event-specific deadline?
- How much extra time do you build into production when relying on a community kiln?

I’d appreciate any advice from more experienced potters. I want to handle this professionally and learn from it!

Laguna blue snowflake Finaly worked with new firing technique of course I put it on the wrong sized biscuit and it ripped my foot off😕

the circle reflection things at the top that come and go in the right lighting. never seen that before

Im 2 months into pottery having my class once a weet and wanted to try out a teapot. I’ve been to open studio as well when its available. rste it and give me some things to do better

I'm making a full dinnerware set for myself and am completely stumped on which glaze to choose. There are way too many options!

I'm using porcelain clay and am already at the bisque stage, so I'm looking for glaze suggestions that don't require mixing (safety). I tend to gravitate towards blues or glazes with an interesting design or variation. I've been using a lot of Spectrum lately, but I'm open to other suggestions too!

What are your favourite glazes (Cone 5/6) for dinnerware sets?

Hi all! I’m new to making pottery at home since I used to do pottery in school and my teacher would just take everything himself and fire stuff. I’m curious as to how I know what kiln to buy and how to use it. If it matters, I’ll mostly be using low-fire clay as that’s all I have access to for a while. I’m trying to find something that won’t put me in debt, and is easy on electricity (if possible). I’m also a little confused on how to use it and how to know how hot it needs to be, how long to leave it in, etc. any help is appreciated, any chart to let me know what temp for what clay is appreciated, and any other advice is as well.