#the potteries

[aworldofpattern]

Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley agateware vases and covers. Made in the Etruria factory in Staffordshire, England, c. 1775.

[vox-anglosphere]

[claypigeonpottery]

finally made myself a mug

the quote's from @marypsue

[rachy-chel]

happy tiger mug tuesday

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.

Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region

Period: Ilama Period

Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100

Medium: Ceramics

[stinkbrat]

The most horrifying aspect of parents saying "my kid could do that" about art is that they never ever ever mean "wow my kid is good enough to be in a museum" and they always always always mean "I want to disrespect you so much I'll do it by implying that this thing is just as worthless as the things my child makes with their hands" and right in front of them too. Your kids can hear you u know, and the things they make with their hands are the least worthless and most precious aspects of human life I'll kill u

[cosmiclvoe]

ceramics i've found over the last few years :)

[jbbartram-illu]

Did I ever post the finished Lascaux (& etc) horses here?!

This first batch of them will be available in my next shop update, but there are more getting bisque-fired tomorrow that should be going into the shop in mid-April alongside a couple more cave painting mugs :)

[miffybug]

i made some ceramic snoopy charms

[kness]

A crocodile mom and her little ones

Porcelain figurine

[hintcoins]

Catalina Cheng, “YOU ARE GAY AND CHINESE”

insta / bio

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

[itsbansheebitch]

(Approx.) 4th Century BCE Good Boys

[acorviart]

made myself a little porcelain latios

the clear glaze sadly crazed but it adds a little ✨ pizzazz ✨

[susanontherocks]

I’m taking pottery lessons right now… and my teacher said “the kiln gods are being kind to me right now.” And that made me stop and think. Is there a god of pottery? I tried to look it up but it’s hazy.

In Ancient Greece, Athena was apparently the goddess of crafts, which is a bit vague. Hephaestus was the god of sculpting, but that’s not right either.

In Ancient Egypt, I found Khnum who made the other gods and humankind on his potter’s wheel.

I found two other gods of pottery in cultures I don’t know: Lianaotabi and Panthoibi.

But I wasn’t able to find anyone else. Pottery being such an important part of daily life all around the world, it seems like there would be more. Does anyone know of any other gods of pottery?

Edited: removed incorrect/inaccurate descriptor for Lianaotabi and Panthoibi peoples. Apologies, I found them through a random google search for “pottery gods.”