My market display at The Music Box Village in New Orleans over the weekend. My “fruit salad” collection is growing, introducing lemons and watermelon slices.
#porcelain #charmbar #porcelaincharms #weirdclay #ceramicsofbluesky #neworleansartist #nola #neworleans
Jackpot of doll part molds from the 80’s at one of the studios I work at. Look out for these being incorporated into the line up this year!
#dollparts #porcelain #weirdclay #ceramicsofbluesky #neworleansartist
A bowl of strawberries being held by the artist’s left hand over a blue and white background. Mixed with the fresh strawberries in the bowl is 10 hand sculpted, hand painted face charms with strawberries painted on them.
Fresh picked strawberry charms! These were extremely popular at Gay Easter this weekend. I feel like I’m never able to make enough 🍓
#charms #charmbar #porcelaincharm #strawberry #porcelain #weirdclay #gayeaster #nolaclay #neworleansartist #NOLA #ceramics #pottery #handmade
67 hand sculpted porcelain charms in their bisque stage. The charms are in the shape of faces, hands, coffins, butts, strawberries, and skulls on a round plate. Each charm is painted with designs of masks, clowns, art deco woman’s faces, and strawberries over their basic shapes.
Charm batch coming through for Gay Easter this weekend. Underglazed and bisqued, they’re cooling from their glaze fire right now. Who else lives in fear in the shadow of potential failure when firing a lot at once? Fingies crossed!
#porcelain #weirdclay #neworleans #nolaartist #ceramics #charms
Choose 20 ceramic pieces that you have made. One piece per day.
Day 16 - Porcelain bird skull wall pocket, February 2025
#deathpositive #mementomori
#birdskull #ceramics #weirdclay #porcelain #memorialart #bonechinadesigns
Botanical impression of a broadleaf maple leaf in porcelain. The dish is the shape of the leaf of a broadleaf maple. The leaf dish is white in color with the veins of the leaf stained antique black, with gold accents.
Choose 20 ceramic pieces that you have made. One piece per day.
Day 15 - Porcelain broadleaf maple dish with gold luster, 2018
#porcelain #ceramics #weirdclay #nolaartist #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #nature #botanicalimpression #neworleans
Porcelain sculptural wall pocket in the greenware stage of porcelain. The shape of the wall pocket is long oval, with the “pocket” covering a little less than the bottom half. The pocket is big enough to put a few fresh or dried flowers in. There are sculpted flowers, a bird skull, and ornate scrolls decorating the piece.
Second ornate wall pocket of the year. I’m about to make a larger version of this as a custom commission for a friend who wants to be able to have a live plant inside the pocket. I’m excited to go even bigger!
#mementomori #wallpocket #handbuiltceramics #wallart #porcelain #weirdclay #ceramics
Aerial view of four round porcelain dishes nestled on top of each other. Each dish is the impression of the top of a deer skull, showing the texture of the jigsaw-esque interlocking plates on top of a skull. The dishes are mostly white with the details stained an antiqued blackish brown. Each dish has a clear semi-glossy glaze making them slightly shiny.
Three round porcelain dishes. Each dish is the impression of the top of a deer skull, showing the texture of the jigsaw-esque interlocking plates on top of a skull. The dishes are mostly white with the details stained an antiqued blackish brown. Each dish has a clear semi-glossy glaze making them slightly shiny. Inside two of the three dishes are small pieces of jewelry, four rings and two earrings. This shows that the dishes are functional, and can be used to put your rings and things in while you’re not wearing them.
Choose 20 ceramic pieces that you have made. One piece per day.
Day 14 - Porcelain deer skull impression dishes, 2018.
Do y’all think I should bring these back?
#deerskull #porcelain #weirdclay #ceramics #20pots #handbuilding #neworleansartist #nola #clayart #taxidermy #bones #skull
A single ceramic tea cup. The tea cup is made from a light colored clay body, glazed with a glossy white glaze. There are four skulls decorating the tea cup, so no matter which way the cup is facing there is always a visible skull. This is a small teacup without a handle and is designed to fit comfortably in one hand.
Choose 20 ceramic pieces that you have made. One piece per day.
Day 13 - Stoneware skull tea cup, made pre pandemic.
#handbuiltmug #teacup #mementomori #skullart #weirdclay #ceramics #pottery #neworleans #handbuiltceramics
The slab built fruit of my labor today! Crypt/mausoleum/niche vase in porcelain.
#mausoleum #crypt #niche #deathpositive #porcelain #ceramics #weirdclay #skullart #nolaclay #neworleans
The harvest (finished pieces) from Friday. I’m going to try to make another platter or plates this week, and keep the ball rolling on mini vases. My goal is to have a good batch at the Pharmacy Museum next month!
#porcelain #mementomori #skullart #nola #neworleans #handbuilding #weirdclay #ceramics
Choose 20 ceramic pieces that you have made. One piece per day for 20 days
Day 9 - Finished wall pocket, for those following along! The first I’ve done with this particular flower and scroll motif. Alligator MC 299 Porcelain, cone 5. #weirdclay #handbuiltclay #ceramics #porcelain #nola #mementomori
I love slab roller, I love heat gun, I love @claycenternola.bsky.social! Here’s some snippets from my day yesterday at the clay center making a skull-y platter. Excited to see it finished.
#mementomori #skullart #porcelain #ceramics #nolaartist #neworleans #weirdclay
