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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 19/06/2025

Did I mention (beside the anatomically accurate backside) that they rattle? 🫨 #pottery #art #clay #ceramics #shark #play #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 19/06/2025

Thank you! Yes they all feel like they have different personalities

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 19/06/2025

Thank you! 😊 They were very fun to make

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 19/06/2025

Yes! I can’t wait to share what she looks like in full. She came out beautiful!

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 19/06/2025

Been a little busy with non-pottery life, but we’re back! Made these baby sharks 🦈 as gifts for our classmates at the studio. Also got our kiln up and running. Can’t wait to start creating and sharing more! ~Lance #pottery #art #clay #ceramics #shark #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

Large mommy ceramic shark jar surrounded by a ceramic baby sharks in many glaze colors and patterns

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 12/04/2025

Ah thanks! We’re planning on getting the site up by the end of the month 🤞 The prepping of pieces and the updated site is taking longer than expected 😅

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 09/04/2025

One of my favorite parts is making the face and bringing this little (big?) guy to life 🦈 Decided to make a few jars from our reclaim. Thinking of experimenting with some fun color combos. ~Lance #pottery #art #artprocess #ceramics #shark #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 28/03/2025

Thanks! That’s a great idea. I’ll have to look into that

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Brautiful work! Love all the teapots

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Thank you! I’ll definitely have a few different sharks ready

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Thank you! I hope they will not need a sacrificial offering 😭🙏

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Thank you! 😊 Just a little bit of fun anatomical correctness

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

I love that idea! I’ll definitely have to consider doing commissions in the future. I’ll be sure to share any updates when I do!

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

I had it stuck in my head when making them 😂

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Yes it’s definitely on the list! What do you think tea out the front or the back? 😶

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Don’t worry, it’s not functional. Though that would be something! Strictly decorative

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 24/03/2025

Thank you! You’re fintastic!

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 23/03/2025

It’s happening! Made this chunky shark trio 🦈 and I’m excited to try something a little different with the glazing. If all goes well I plan to sell these and give them new homes. ~Lance #pottery #art #artprocess #ceramics #shark #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 22/03/2025

Some crabby process shots 🦀 The jar was thrown then altered into an oval shape using a darting technique in the floor. I learned a lot by throwing everything at this piece (a lot of what not to do 😅). #pottery #art #artprocess #ceramics #crab #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

Open oval lidded greenware ceramic jar showcasing the lid gallery

Greenware crab jar being built showing large stylized eyes and claws

Top view of bisqued ceramic crab with a clipboard and paper showcasing a sketch of proposed patterning on the carapace

Ceramic bisqued crab jar with blue vinyl patterning applied ready for glazing

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 20/03/2025

Here’s the first piece that started my jar series 🦀 Based on Portunus sanguinolentus I’ve seen in Hawaii (kuahonu/blood-spotted swimming crab). Unlike the newer jars this one is big at a width of 11in/28cm. ~Lance #pottery #art #artprocess #ceramics #crab #wildlife #animalart #sculpture #ocean 🦑 🐡

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 17/03/2025

Yes! I always think, “It’ll be different this time.” 😒 I don’t think the pattern would have been as prominent without the glaze but the matte finish of the underglaze feels more fitting for a bird.

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 16/03/2025

Shearwater in process. Stylizing the head took a bit to get right. Was getting a little chickeny 🐔. I experimented with underglaze brushstrokes to make the feather patterns. Almost thinking I shouldn’t have glazed it. #art #pottery #ceramics #photography #artprocess #bird #sculpture #animalart 🐡 🦑

Greenware red clay pottery wedge-tailed shear water jar with prototype head feathers. Sorta looks like a chicken

Bone dry red clay pottery wedge-tailed shear water jar with underglaze brushstrokes painted on to mimic feathers

Greenware red clay pottery wedge-tailed shear water jar with underglaze brushstrokes around cloaca

Greenware red clay pottery wedge-tailed shear water jar completed underglaze painted and ready to be bisque fired

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 16/03/2025

Ah thank you! This was my first time making a bird

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 15/03/2025

This is awesome! A hinged piece is something I wanna try

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 15/03/2025

Seabird jar. Specifically a wedge-tailed shearwater or 'ua'u kani in Hawaiian. This bird makes a loud moaning noise (Ooooeer!). I know because it scared me at night before 😱. They are monogamous and nest in burrows. ~Lance #art #pottery #ceramics #photography #bird #sculpture #animalart 🐡 🦑

Wedge-tailed shearwater ceramic jar in the sand next to naupaka plants

Backside of wedge-tailed shearwater ceramic jar showing anatomically correct bird cloaca

Close-up of wedge-tailed shearwater ceramic jar back of head showing stylized head feathers in a triangular shape

Close-up of the tail of wedge-tailed shearwater ceramic jar showing wedge-like pattern in black and gray

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 13/03/2025

Another handbuilt vase with a graphic flower on it! Except this time…the flower is tall 🤯 ~Melissa #pottery #ceramics #art #flowers #clay #pottersofbluesky #handmade #photography #vase #PNW #illustration

Bottom heavy orange and yellow ombré ceramic vase with two tall handles decorated with vertical elongated flower with brown petals, yellow center, and green leaves.

Close up of the symmetrical flower design and right side tall handles decorated on the ceramic vase

Close up of bottom left of ceramic vase showing the yellow btw effect and green leaf design

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 11/03/2025

Ah the moonpots! 🥰 the detail. Water etching?

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 11/03/2025

Some before shots. I was so busy sticking on the little warts of the bitter melon I didn’t get any in process photos 😅 #art #sciart #ceramics #pottery #sculpture #handbuilt #artprocess

Greenware clay bitter melon jar in process with lid off looking inside

Greenware clay bitter melon jar facing left showing textural skin detail

Greenware clay bitter melon jar showing backside detailing

Greenware clay bitter melon jar straight on view showing skin patterns flaring out from front

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 10/03/2025

Bitter Melon Jar. I use to hate these when I was younger. They’ve grown on me and inspired this lumpy vessel. I mean, look at the undulating warts and the natural color gradients! How could I not want to make one? ~Lance #pottery #ceramics #art #sculpture #photography #handmade 🐡 🌿🖼️

Ceramic bitter melon jar lid being lifted by a hand showing the matte white interior. Jar is surrounded by real bitter melon fruits on a woven basket

Close up of the glossy red glazed back and gradient into green glaze of the bitter melon ceramic jar

Ceramic bitter melon jar with real bitter melon fruits in a shallow basket held by hands in front of a wall of bitter melon vines

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 09/03/2025

Whoa! The final result is great though!

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 08/03/2025

When creating my ceramic pieces I usually start with the form first, then work the surface design within its boundaries. I love figuring out how each petal and leaf fits with the curves, it’s one of my favorite parts of the process 💖 ~Melissa #art #ceramics #pottery #design #flowers #handmade #clay

Front facing tall curvy blue ceramic vase with groovy pink and blue floral designs with pink looped handles on each side on a peach colored background

Close up of pink loop handle of curvy blue vase

Close up of scalloped pink rimmed opening of vase also showing the specks on the surface of the vessel

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Cinder & Piper @cinderandpiper.com · 08/03/2025

Love the bold designs on this!

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