I finally tried water etching on a mug! I love how the glaze looks like water flowing over the design

#pottery #potterymug #wateretching #handmade

A set of two ceramic tumbler decorated with blue and orange shrub branches.

I'm pretty happy with how this tumbler set came out! #ceramics #pottery #wateretching

A white vase with blue and green raised decorations and a slanted top.

Another view of the same vase.

Here's a vase! #wateretching #ceramics #pottery

And here's another along the same lines. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching

A cream ceramic mug with multi-colored, foliage inspired design water-etched into it.

Another angle of the same mug.

I've been experimenting with some new surface decoration ideas. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching

After a mishap in the first firing, this lady is out of the kiln. Water-etched with black slip and finished with clear. #pottery #ceramics #wateretching

A white ceramic mug with slightly raised fern decorations in gray, which will be black after it's fired, sitting on a shelf with other partially visible pottery pieces.

Happy #mugshotmonday! This lady is ready for the first firing. #pottery #ceramics #wateretching #wheelthrown #ferns

Two cream-colored ceramic mugs with slightly raised jellyfish designs in shades of blue.

Happy #mugshotmonday! Water-etched #jellyfish with colored slip. #ceramics #pottery #slipdecoration #wateretching #wheelthrown

I love this NZ6 porcelain from Clay Art Center Tacoma. The dappled light comes through the translucent clay with a warm light. One of my favs!

#pottery #porcelain #wateretching #sagebrushceladon #JosephBrooksArt

A white and orange ceramic pitcher with black dandelion designs in slight raised relief.

Water-etched dandelion pitcher on marbled clay. It's not super clear in this photo, but the pitcher is agateware with white and orange. #ceramics #pottery #agateware #wateretching #dandelion #handmade #wheelthrown

This method has never worked very well for me, but carving wasn’t an option. So here we go!#fingerscrossed #surpriseanddelight #wateretching #handmadeceramics

A white ceramic vase decorated with a dark purple silhouette of wisteria vines in slight relief.

Wisteria vase! Water-etched on b-mix clay and violet mason stain slip. #wateretching #ceramics #pottery #slipdecoration #wheelthrown #pottersofbluesky

A white mug with black tree designs in slight relief.

Happy #mugshotmonday! #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #wheelthrown #slipdecoration #handmade #natureart #pottersofbluesky

A white mug with a slightly raised, dark purple design depicting wisteria vines in an abstracted silhouette.

Wisteria mug: b-mix with violet mason stain slip, water-etched design. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #slipdecoration #handmade #art #pottersofbluesky

A white vase with light gray/purple designs in slight relief containing a some green plants.

Another water-etched vase, this one with slip made from violet inclusion. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowm #wateretching #handmade #art #pottersofbluesky

A white mug with black designs of wisteria plants in slight relief.

Happy #mugshotmonday! Water-etched mug made from b-mix with black slip. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade #wisteria #art #pottersofbluesky

A white ceramic mug with marbled streaks of warm gray and light turquoise. It has a slightly raised black design depicting pussy willow branches.

Marbled clay latte mug with water-etching. The clay colors come through more in person and are gray and turquoise. #neriage #coloredclay #wateretching #wheelthrown #ceramics #pottery #handmade #pottersofbluesky

A white ceramic mug with a slightly raised black jellyfish design.

Happy #mugshotmonday! #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #handmade #madebyhumans #wateretching #jellyfish

A white mug with slightly raised dark purple lavender plants on it.

Another water-etched mug, b-mix claybody with violet mason stain slip. #ceramics #ppttery #wheelthrown #handmade #wateretching #pottersofbluesky #lavender

One view of a white ceramic vase. It has a slightly raised black design of wisteria vines.

Another view of the same vase.

Just got my first vase back from the kiln! Also, been working on this black slip recipe. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #wheelthrown #handmade #pottersofbluesky

A white ceramic mug marbled with light blue and gray with a slightly raised black tree design.

Happy #mugshotmonday! Neriage mug with b-mix and mason stain, covered in black slip and then water-etched to get the tree designs. Working on getting these two different techniques to work well together. #ceramics #pottery #handmade #wateretching #neriage #coloredclay #pottersofbluesky

Four white ceramic tumblers and a pitcher with black grass designs. The pitcher also has a dragonfly.

Water-etched ceramic pitcher and tumbler set. The swirls in the claybody are traces of colored clay that were worked into some b-mix reclaim. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade

Water-etched WIP vase ready for bisque-firing! This was fun to work on. We'll see how it comes out! #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade

Two white mugs with gray insides and gray designs on the outsides. The designs are plants - wild carrot on one dandelion puffs on the other.

More water-etched mugs with b-mix and blackberry wine mason stain slip. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade #pottersofbluesky

Two ceramic white mugs with gray designs on them and gray insides. The designs on the left mug are grasses and on the left are pussy willow branches.

Water-etched mugs with b-mix and slip made with blackberry wine mason stain. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade #pottersofbluesky

The jellyfish mug is out of the kiln! B-mix with violet mason stain #neriage, #wateretching with jet black mayco underglaze. #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #handmade

A white mug with blue swirls decorated with a black jellyfish.

Happy Mug Monday! WIP - this bisque piece combines my two favorite decorative techniques right night #wateretching and #neriage. I glazed it in clear, and now we'll see what the kiln gods have in store!

#wheelthrown #handmade #pottery #ceramics #jellyfish

A white and green ceramic bowl, where the green design is monstera leaves in slightly raised relief.

Monstera bowl recently out of the kiln. Water-etched, b-mix and green slip. #pottery #ceramics #wateretching #wheelthrown #handmade #monstera #blueskypotters

Water etching + vinyl sticker resist

#pottersofbluesky #ceramics #stoneware #wateretching #abrasion #grecian #vase

Two white mugs with black tree designs.

More water-etched tree mugs! B-mix with black underglaze. #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #wateretching #handmade #blueskypotters