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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

doing some freeform/unplanned pottery painting ❤️ i really like how the spiral pattern looks with the other shapes overlapping it. something i want to try in other pieces. i always forget how much i like doodling and just making art for fun lol this is a reminder to myself to do this more often!

hand painted bowl with spiral pattern and pastel colors

hand painted bowl with misc patterns and pastel colors

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

my baby girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My fluffy white cat wrapping her paws around my arm as I try to play a game on my laptop.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

do you buy your chickens undrawn? #chickens

Hand holding up a porcelain plate, hand-painted with a red and black border and an anatomical illustration of a human mouth, with text from an article written in the background. Article title is "Housewives Should Buy Chickens Undrawn."

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

one of my fave pieces in this series, the finger bones were suchhhh a pain to draw and the whole time i was worried they looked too penisy but i think it worked out plate by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social & paint job by me

Red plate with white finger bones painted around the rim and a black dot/line pattern in the center.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

finally got around to updating my website, this series of meat/anatomy themed ceramics (titled Subcutaneous Meal) now has its own dedicated page! emikomay.com/subcutaneous-meal also wrote up an artist statement there if you're curious about the thought process behind this series

Porcelain dishware handpainted with teeth and a deep red and black pattern.

Porcelain dishware handpainted with teeth and a deep red and black pattern, plus a number of porcelain and gold teeth.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

painted this plate by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social todayyyy ❤️ coping with the horrors by drawing body horror

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

mfw i have torturing disfiguring humors 😔 (mug made by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social and painted by me, with a vintage newspaper ad from 1904 for Cuticura brand soap--which still exists btw) #potterypainting #vintage

White mug painted with a vintage ad with an illustration of a child. Text reads "At the first sign of torturing, disfiguring humors use Cuticura"

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My wedding bouquet from 2019 that I crocheted 🥰 still so happy with how this turned out! #crochet #flowers

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Updated my website with the latest pottery by me and @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social ❤️🖤

Webpage titled "Ceramics: a collaboration with potter Carol Yoon," showing 6 pictures: a pile of porcelain eyeballs, and 5 porcelain dishes, hand painted in red and black.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

geode coasters - work in progress for an upcoming rocks-and-gems-themed collab show! 🪨💎 also there's adrian's butt #crochet #geode #coasters #handmade

Five crocheted geode-inspired coasters, laying on a cushion with a white cat tail butting into the frame.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I got really into urban sketching in college, here are some I sketched around UW. Ink & watercolor. I'd like to get back into doing these sometime 🤔

Ink and watercolor drawing of a man studying at a library desk. Caption on drawing says "Suzzallo Library, 2/27/13"

Ink and watercolor drawing of a college cafeteria scene. Caption on drawing says "By George cafe, 2/27/13"

Ink and watercolor drawing of a college aged couple in a dorm room with their backs to the viewer. They are looking at a computer on a desk.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Drawing 101 we were assigned art pieces to copy and mine was "Feline Felicity - Charles Sheeler." I assumed Charles was the name of the cat, so I proudly presented this to the class as my copy of "Charles Sheeler, by Feliné Felicity." 😅 I thought it was an Italian artist...

Pencil drawing of a cat sleeping on a chair.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

not sure if i want to add any pattern to this, i kind of love the flat red on its own 🤔 what do you think? #pottery #teapot #skull #ceramics #underglaze

A round, red teapot with a white skull and red veins drawn on the front.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

love a good before & after glaze firing comparison. so shiny! ✨ #pottery #ceramics #underglaze #art

Unglazed ceramic plate painted with a red-and-black pattern and a handwritten quote in newspaper font. Quote reads: "ARE YOUR GROCERIES CLEAN?" The dust blown about by the wind in a city street is full of bacteria and all sorts of vile contamination. If fruits and vegetables are exposed for sale on the sidewalk without covering, they must invariably accumulate a stock of filth which is not a good thing for the stomachs of human beings."

Same plate as in the previous image, but clear glazed and fired. The colors are much more vibrant and glossy.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

preview of an upcoming project/video!! very excited about this one This skull was made by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social and it's my friend now ❤️💀❤️ #pottery #ceramics #sculpture #art #underglaze #handwriting #poem

Artist painting black text on a porcelain skull sculpture. The text is a poem called "Starving: A Plea to Dr. Wiley." So far it reads: "What are these awful food laws, that are being passed, about, adulteration and misbranding? Is the universal shout. / Don't eat tomato catsup, if you do not want to die, for the benzoate of soda, puts your insides all awry." There are many more stanzas written in pencil.

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️🫵 #porcelain #eyeball #sculpture

painted ceramic eyeballs on a desk, staring at the camera

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

still life (w/ blurry ref photo) from 2010. this was the first time i tried that technique where you cover the paper in charcoal and "draw" with an eraser. shout out to my art teacher btw, i remember her praising this drawing a lot and me thinking wait actually i might be good at this art thing?? 🤔

charcoal drawing of an animal skull on a table

blurry photo of an animal skull on a table

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

this is a gift i made for paul in 2014, it's still one of my favorite things ive ever made. custom polymer clay action figures from David Lynch's movie Inland Empire + repurposed Laura Dern action figure from Jurassic Park with her makeup painted to look like her character in this movie.

homemade Inland Empire "action figure" set

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

bonus: Obama nails that i wore for a week in 8th grade 💀 part of me feels this pic should never see the light of day but i choose to preserve it as a historical relic. (to be clear i do not stan this war criminal anymore lol. 14 y/o emi was blissfully naive to the full extent of govt corruption 💔)

Screenshot of a blog post from World of Emiko, November 2, 2008, with a photo of Obama themed nail art and caption "I painted my fingernails for Election Day. GO OBAMA!"

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

i was super into nail art back in 2010-2012, here are some (very low res) photos of those. not sure why i decided to throttle a stuffed animal in one of the pics, i assume i thought the fur color would look good with my nails? lmao. anyway this is how i developed a steady painting hand! fun fact 💅

fingernails painted to look like a city skyline

hands holding an apple with fingernails painted like apples

fingernails painted to look like starry night by van gogh

hand with black and white nail polish holding a small dog plushie

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

2013ish? i genuinely love this drawing so much. feels like a children's book page.

simple cartoon of a kid with a bowtie standing next to their rich parents, looking back at a group of kids playing baseball

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

taking a trip back through memory lane (my camera roll) to look at my old art! this is a self portrait from my first proper drawing class in community college, around 2011 anatomy issues aside, i think it's a pretty decent drawing tbh. it looks like me if my face just got a bit smooshed around

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

mallard double date 🦆🦆

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

wip - my take on an anatomy illustration from Sobotta Atlas, originally published 1909

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Emiko May @emikomay.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

so true tbh i'm always saying this

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