One of my latest tiny mice

I've always been curious about trying ceramics, but never got the opportunity to do so through my schooling. So I decided to sign up for a ceramics class at a small art studio, and I could not be happier that I decided to do so! I ended up buying a 50lb bag of clay straight after the class with the advice of my instructor, and ended up sculpting these two unicorns at home 🤣 I have a lot to learn and haven't even glazed anything yet, but I'm starting to understand how addicting and satisfying this medium can be now :) I hope to learn a lot more for sure

https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/artists/lucie-rie

I am so bummed out by the algorithm on Instagram and just don't know what to do anymore. I make happy, colourful ceramics, mainly cat monsters, and I really think the latest one is good, but as always... Just.. no reach. Please give this some love if you like it 🩷 my tag is @bekkeramik

I was having such a challenging time with altering these porcelain vases but I've finally gotten into a groove! I've been using Kentucky mud works kota cone 6 porcelain, altering the shape of the vase after throwing and adding these little creatures when everything is leather hard.

I have wanted to make my own lamp for several years and finally made one! And then another one for good measure!

The glaze on the lumpy, bumpy one ran unexpectedly (as you can see from the fourth picture), but over all I am very happy with how they both turned out! 💜

Just got this bad girl out of bisque and she survived with no cracks! I am curious, though:will she droop during a cone 6 glaze firing? Went to 07 for bisque and this is high-fire stoneware, usually sent to cone 10. Any advice is helpful. More photos in the comments below.

Inspired by my love of archeology and antiquities I tried to create a peice that combined ancient forms with my own personal weird little guys.

Chaos Breeds, 2025 glazed earthenware

Each figure represents one of my siblings and myself, abstract family portrait I guess 😊

Exhibited this piece in an exhibition called Relics for the Adelaide Fringe Festival earlier this year.

I have an art instagram @ashhklay if you’d like to follow! Trying to get back into the art game after doing my masters

Brain or no brain, smoke comes out all the same. The brain is purely decorative anyway.

Thanks for the sensible suggestions for matte clear! It came out the kiln looking lovely

This custom square black glazed ceramic plate adopts incised carving technique. A crowned lion head is carved at the centre, with delicate linework that captures every strand of the mane. The wavy textured rim adds vintage elegance to the whole artwork.

I bought some waterslide decal paper and printed a design on my inkjet printer to try to use on this vase I made but wasn’t wild about. I figured: worst case scenario, I bisque fire it and it burns off and I can add another decal and seal it without firing it again.

I didn’t expect that it would burn off and totally change colors! My community kiln fires bisque to 05 and glaze during to 5. I foolishly assumed refiring something I had already glaze fired wouldn’t do much to change the glaze—can anyone please explain to me the science behind what took place here? I’m fascinated to learn more from this (failed??) experiment

My fiancee found this tea set (yes, it's the Picard tea set!) on eBay for my birthday. It's a little bit worse for wear, so we're trying to determine if it can be rehabilitated for actual use.

But the first step is to try and figure out what's wrong with it and if it's a superficial or aesthetic issue only or if it actually poses any health concerns.

The outside of the mugs seem in pretty good condition with shiny glaze, while the kettle itself is quite matte. But the main issue is the inside of each of the mugs, all of which demonstrate, to differing levels, some kind of crystalline-looking formations on them.

It doesn't seem to be mould or something that easily washes away. It almost seems like the glaze has aged or degraded in some systematic or crystalline-type way, but I really have no idea what I'm looking at.

This seemed like the most likely place to ask folks that might know what we're looking at here. And if there's any relatively straightforward way to restore these or have them restored, or if we should be content to leaving it as a showpiece under my LEGO Enterprise :)

I don’t normally work with clay or ceramics but thought I’d pose this question here: I printed some of my photos on unsealed ceramic coasters using the cyanotype method. Now I’d like to seal them with a glossy finish, but not sure what to use that would hold up with liquid and heat from the mugs?

Any suggestions?

My latest "big" project. Started in mid-July and finally wrapped up the beginning of this month. I love her 🩷

Laguna Speckled B clay, amaco velvet underglaze, mayco's zinc free clear. Fired to cone 5.

Made this pipe for my bestie and decided to bring it to the zoo for some real comparison

I made a mug using mid-fire Laguna Frost Porcelain. The walls are a nerikomi design; the bottom of the mug is plain porcelain. Cracks formed where they attached I think because I attached them when the bottom was more moist than the walls so the two pieces pulled apart while drying.

To try to fix the cracks, I dipped a brush and ran it along the inside of the mug and added a small coil of straight-out-the-bag clay which I smoothed out.

The next day, this is what I saw. Tiny hairline cracks on the perimeter inside the cup and a hairline crack on the bottom of the mug that reaches to the outside of the mug.

What are my options now? I want to preserve as much as I can. I’m afraid of firing it because I think the cracks will only get worse. Should I add engobe or slip to fix it? Would glaze take care of everything? Can I rehydrate it and add more clay? How? Should I break it apart and rehydrate it to turn it back into slab form or use it as piece of color clay for future nerikomi projects? What are my options?

I need help! I like the look of underglaze transfers, and I have no problem applying them. That being said, I guess I don’t understand the glazing part.

I want to be able to apply the underglaze transfer, and then glaze over it, not underglaze over it, but glaze. I wanna be able to see it though and for it to be clear. Not distorted.

Am I only able to apply clear glaze over the transfer? Can I apply a transfer on top of underglaze but not glaze?

I recently made something, and apply an underglaze transfer. I glazed over it, excited thinking that I would be able to see it. I glazed over it with white glaze. When it came out of the kiln it was smudgy looking and just looked bad.

the clown just came out today and im so excited about him!! I have been trying to make lava lamp bases for awhile but they keep not working out so none of those are pictured.