#clays

[marejadilla]

Teresa Elliott, “The Javelina Clays”, oil on Panel. American realist painter living and working in her desert studio north of the Big Bend National Park in Alpine, Texas.

[rfm]

Dumb stupid dumb dumb

[objecthusbandry]

Is it normal for a lump of clay to want to be shaped? My weirdo (named Pug) loves when I shape them into sculptures. They sit very patiently until I’m done and then they show themselves off to everyone else in the house. They always go back to a block shape on their own and it doesn’t seem to hurt them. Is this heathy? (And of course, I would never fire them like real clay!)

yes! clay objects love being shaped!

[spoczkoty]

[lovertm]

figurines by TheSafflowerField

[morningsaidthemoon]

[ID: colored digital art of Aika from I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl from the shoulders up. She's in her magical form, clasping her hands reverently, and saying: "I wish... I wish...!" Then, she turns to glare at her star-companion Hoshi, and bluntly tells them: "For you to go away." Two shocked exclamation marks pop up over Hoshi's head. End ID.]

WATCH THE I DONT WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL PILOT ‼️‼️

[sinensis26]

You all need to hear this:

1. You probably dont suck at your craft as much as you think you do, I bet a lot of people are amazed at what you can make, and

2. If you actually are the Literal Worst In The Whole Wide World at your craft... who the fuck cares? What are they gonna do, call the police on you? Keep making your shitty little things, youre the boss of you, fuck the haters.

[oddzo]

Putting this here in TikTok form to see if it does any better but here’s me making one of the “Tri Angels” from the Book of Bill!

Edit: since some people have asked, I used FIMO professional oven bake clay to create this! :)

[great-and-small]

Turdus aficionados of Costa Rica please know I love your national bird but this is objectively hilarious

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[crowvern]

sturgeon :)

[occasionallysubtle]

sub & dub for my fave, bon clay

[rfm]

I changed some settings on Spotify and now I feel like I've been listening to songs all wrong this!

[claypigeonpottery]

@unwanted-dandelion-seeds

(about this guy)

a kiln god is a small clay sculptural creature that stays on/in/near a kiln while it’s firing, to watch over the pottery inside and protect it

mine are all vaguely humanoid and holding pottery, but they can be anything

a lot of people leave their kiln gods unglazed, and only ever make one or two. because I work with a shared kiln, my kiln gods have to be inside the kiln so they don’t get bumped or broken, so it makes more sense to glaze them and keep making more

(^this one I kept, she lives on my pottery desk)

people have lots of little traditions around kilns and pottery. there are so many variables to successfully finishing a piece of pottery, and many of the steps are out of our control. it’s nice to have a kiln god watching over our work

if you take a pottery class, your teacher might mention the kiln gods. for some potters/studios they’re more of a concept than anything physical

what can I say, humans just love to make little guys

[hazerl]

Just listed these little guys on my website! I'm super excited to be expanding this species list (especially making my way through all the Psyllobora) so keep an eye out for future sculptures. 🐞