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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Now it just has to survive drying, bisque firing, and the anagama 😬

Large clay bottle in the form of a gourd with two bulbous sections stacked on top of one another

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

At least two more days until I'm done building this pot but it's progressing

A clay pot in progress with second bulbous section taking shape on top of the first, mimicking a gourd

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I can add one wide, flat coil a day, and then it has to firm up until the next day before it can support more. I'm just hoping I've scored and paddled and smoothed and compressed enough for it to survive firing

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Got the wild clay firmed up a bit, but I'm trying to keep this on the lighter side, which means add on a bit and walk away to let it dry enough to support the next layer. Will it survive all the way through an anagama firing? I know the clay itself is high fire, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Decided I should do some hand building with my wild clay, but it's a bit too soft. Laid out slabs of it on plaster to get a bit of the excess moisture out of it, so when I come back it'll probably be too dry 🙃

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Three day glaze chemistry workshop with Matt Katz starts tomorrow 😱

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I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

St. Mark's Basilica has four famous bronze horse statues over the main doorway. The ones currently there are replicas. These are the originals, which date to the late Roman Empire and were stolen by Napoleon after he conquered the city in 1794. They're now in the church's museum

Four bronze horse sculptures in a vaulted room

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I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Did you know that some of the earliest computers were actually weaving looms? Joseph Marie Jacquard is credited with inventing the most successful such loom, which operates off punchcards that determine which warp threads are lifted. Bevilacqua still uses this system for their silk velvet

A large stack of Jacquard weaving punchcards

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I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Tessatura Luigi Bevilacqua

Piles of multi colored silk thread on a wooden shelf

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I haven't been posting on this account because I've had zero ceramic content to share for a while now. I've got a partial tendon tear in my R wrist that's really limited me, plus it's been a busy, snowy winter. Anyway, we spent most of Feb in Italy, and I'll crosspost some of that content

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Despite my confirmed godless heathen status, I donated some pieces to the local (progressive, Congregational) church's annual holiday craft fair

Lot of four wood-fired whisky/sake tumblers and a small bud vase in a silent auction

Wood-fired mug and bowl set in a silent auction

Group of pit-fired ceramic seal and whale figurines

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I'd say the pit firing was a success. Hope the church fair people like them

Array of 15 ceramic figurines - 12 seals in different shapes and sizes, 2 whales and a raven - just removed from their pit firing and washed

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Pit firing some figurines for the local Congregational church's annual holiday fair. Despite being godless heathens ourselves, this congregation is 372 years old and the current building is 295 years old so a pretty integral part of our little village community

A fire pit made of insulating firebricks with a fire burning in it

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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"In downtown Golden, Coors once made hand-painted household china as well as glass bottles for everything from soda to pickles to its own beer. This site and the surrounding acreage are becoming the Clayworks district, which will include housing, retail, and office space."

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Shards of Golden’s ceramic past come to the surface

Clayworks, a residential and commercial redevelopment project in the heart of Golden, stirs up history.

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The local church fair's holiday festival and craft fair is coming up in a few weeks, and even though we're not members, I try to make the occasional contribution. This year I had some free earthenware clay to work with

8 seals, two whales, and a bird figurine sculpted in earthenware clay and sitting on a wooden workbench

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Had another vendor who did her degree in ceramics say nice things about my glazes this morning

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Spooky Eldritch Ryan @dearzeus.gay · 17/10/2025

bsky.app/profile/did:... This will help

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

My SC wild Creek bank clay survived ∆10, and I could not be more stoked!

Small rice bowl of 100% wild stoneware, fired to ∆10 in a wood kiln

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Really happy with how this glaze came out in the front stack. Hoping it's consistent through the kiln

Whisky tumbler glazed inside with a basic opaque celadon glaze

Small dish glazed thinly with celadon glaze, which is more transparent due to the thickness of the glaze application

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Not beating the allegations of being a hot mess

Photo of a person's nose and mouth smeared with black wood ash

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

About to open this baby up and see what we've got

Photo of the interior of a Japanese-style, wood-fired anagama kiln just prior to opening

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Here for my fourth of four overnight shifts. Temps are holding steady and things are moving along

Large Japanese-style anagama kiln in an open shed with fire coming from ports on top

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Mugs and whisky tumblers and bowls, plus my one wild clay bowl that I'm hoping doesn't melt

Array of glazed pots staged on a table for loading into the kiln

Three kurinuki style thrown and carved and glazed whisky tumblers, with some other pots and ceramic earthworms visible off to the left of the frame

Wild clay rice bowl wadded over a high fire clay bowl in case the wild clay melts in the high temperature wood firing

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Was so busy glazing today that I forgot to take any pics! Now everything's loaded up in the car to take to kiln loading tomorrow

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The kiln actually cooled enough overnight that I was able to empty it before I got on the road this morning, after all. The only casualty, sadly, was the dog bowl I threw for Petal in 100% wild SC clay. May still glaze okay, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The rice bowls I did in the same clay turned out great

A jumble of freshly bisque-fired ceramics in a makeshift kiln

A straight-sided, bisque-fired, ceramic dog bowl with a hairline crack running up the side

Same dog bowl as the previous photo sitting on a tea towel on a workbench to show the entire form. The hairline crack is just visible at the front of the piece

A rice bowl with a deep foot ring made from 100% wild clay harvested in South Carolina

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

All valves are open now and the highest temp I saw was 783.5°C. Now it's hovering a bit lower and will be going down as the propane runs out, but I think I got about cone 016, which is sufficient for bisque firing. Probably won't be cool enough for glazing before I have to leave tomorrow, though

$An orange pyrometer sitting on pieces of refractory brick showing a temperature of 780°C$

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Using this setup with only 20# propane tanks, I've not been able to get things above bisque temps. That's at least adequate to get work ready for the anagama, though

A small outdoor kiln made of white insulating firebrick with a propane weed burner inserted into a port at the base

$Orange pyrometer sitting on top of pieces of refractory brick showing a temperature of 700°C$

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Hello, quartz inversion!

$An orange pyrometer sitting on pieces of refractory brick showing a temperature of 573.7°C. At around 573°C, quartz in ceramics undergoes a change in crystalline structure that results in a rapid and reversible change in its volume. This can result in cracks in vulnerable or stressed areas in the ceramic$

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Now we're cookin' with gas!

$An orange pyrometer sitting on pieces of refractory brick showing a temperature of 209.7°C$

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Today was the last work day at the anagama before loading starts next weekend. Since I'm away for work all this coming week, I need to try to bisque fire tomorrow, so I put my whisky tumblers in a low oven (mine heats as low as 170°F/77°C) before I left. Hopefully there won't be any disasters

Half a dozen thrown and carved unfired whisky mugs sitting on a beat up aluminum pizza pan in an oven

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Carved my whisky tumblers this evening. The one at lower left popped off the batt a bit too exuberantly, flipped out of my hands, and took a hard fall. Got the rim more or less back in shape but it left an ugly bump on the inside so that one's gonna be for personal use

Six small clay tumblers with roughly carved faceted sides evoking a rocky cliff

Bottom of a carved whisky tumbler with a round depression at center holding the maker's mark and an irregularly shaped but stable pentagonal base

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I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

www.food-safety.com/articles/106... All I can say is I've seen some serious concerns in pork products in recent weeks even with line speed limitations, and at this point I see this legislation as being extremely bad for food safety and public health. I've called my rep's office.

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Protein Processing Act Would Lift Pork, Poultry Line Speed Limits if Food Safety Criteria Are Met

Following years of line speed waiver extensions and worker safety trials under modernized swine/poultry slaughter inspection pilot programs, the American Protein Processing Act would lift line speed l...

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Threw the base shapes for whisky tumblers and coated the insides with white slip. Once they've dried a bit, I'll carve the outsides with a wire harp, kurinuki-esque. These I'll glaze inside with a celadon glaze as a contrast to the raw exteriors

Six thickly thrown clay cylinders on square masonite batts on a wooden workbench

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Mug bodies trimmed and handles cut. Absolutely insane how long it's taking for things to dry this week, but these will need to sit at least a few hours before I can attach the handles

Six trimmed clay mug bodies and six cut and rough-shaped handles on a cluttered workbench, waiting until they've dried enough to attach

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So... I'm gonna be a bit more blunt today in regards to AI usage in the TTRPG space. The harder it is made for folks using AI to find acceptance and gain traction, the less of it we will see. This means blocking them on Social Media, and reporting them on sites where they sell their trash.

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

They're consistent insofar as they're all cylinders. That just means people can pick the mug that's right for them, though, right? Also, this makes ten mug bodies I've thrown this week, which is a lot for me

Six freshly thrown clay cylinders that will get handles later to make coffee mugs, all lined up on a ware board

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Threw four mug bodies this evening, because I don't really have time to do more on a work night when I've gotten far too little sleep the night before. I may not have a ton for NY Sheep and Wool, but I'll manage to have some

Four freshly thrown clay cylinders, to which will be added handles to turn them into mugs once they've dried sufficiently

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just learned this afternoon that the fall anagama firing will be the end of this month, and I am so not prepared 😭

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I think it would be a great reality show to drop Stephen Miller in the middle of say, Mumbai (it has to be a foreign city, because 🤯), and then watch what happens. Honestly, I’m curious

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Back out in the shed for a bit this afternoon and this time decided to play with wild clay from SC. This stuff handles a lot like porcelain, so there's definitely a learning curve. Pretty pleased I was able pull up the sides on Petal's (hopefully) new dog bowl, though

A freshly thrown bud vase, small plate, and dog food dish lined up on a wooden workbench

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I've been quiet on this account this summer because I haven't had much to post after I injured my wrist early in the summer. No fractures on X-ray, but it's been slow going, plus there have been *so* many other things demanding attention. Anyway, spent a little time in the shed this evening, finally

Three clay seal figurines and a freshly thrown small bud vase sitting on a wooden workbench

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

the government is trying to disappear a man who can testify to torture committed at the direction and payment of the government

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Finally managed to get these sent out and they arrived at their respective destinations a couple days ago. Everyone was really pleasantly surprised and appreciative

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

First time I've managed to sit down at the wheel in over a month, and while it was great to play with clay, the tendonitis in my R hand made opening up my forms really uncomfortable. At least I managed to make a couple of pieces I like

Two freshly thrown clay forms - a bowl and a bottle - sitting on masonite batts on a wooden workbench with various paraphernalia in the background

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Ravenheart Ceramics @ravenheartceramics.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Finally sanded the rims and bottoms for these pieces I brushed with wild clay slip from the homestead my m-i-l and her brothers grew up on and then fired in the anagama. The bowl is for m-i-l & each brother and their spouse gets a pair of tumblers

A ceramic bowl and four ceramic tumblers sit on a soapstone counter, all showing the characteristic complex variegation that results from a long, high temperature wood-firing

Hand holding a wood-fired ceramic bowl, on which can be seen glossy areas where would clay slip was brushed on and then melted in the heat of the firing into a glossy brown glaze

Hand holding a ceramic tumbler that was brushed with wild clay slip and wood-fired, melting it into a glossy glaze and showing areas of interaction with the wood and areas of reduction of the clays to bring out areas of grey and yellow from the iron content

Hand holding another ceramic tumbler that was brushed with wild clay slip and wood-fired, this time showing off the texture where the slip was brushed on and how the clay melted into a nice glaze on its own from the heat

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corn on macabre, haunted @catfort.fightins.online · 10/07/2025

the old bisqueware i turned into a chia pet

This was a tall pot I was throwing when it collapsed on the wheel, but the walls sagged and layered in a visually poetic way. I put it through the first kiln firing and so it's pink, as the clay has undergone quartz inversion. It never got the second firing or glaze, so it's similar to terra cotta for the purpose of sprouting chia seeds. It's a loosely triangular shape, but the bottom is round. It's sort of like a bandshell or roman amphitheater. There is a piece of fallen wall in the center, creating the appearance of three concentric rings on the right side. It's speckled all over with the seeds. and many of them have sprouted dark green. Because it is so porous, however, it's difficult to keep even moisture and allow all the seeds to grow. I should make a humidity jar for it instead of just plopping it into a planter dish.

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