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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I was inspired to return to this idea after spending time in Maine. These are marbled colored clay decorations in black slip over top and glazed in clear. #ceramics #pottery #coloredclay

A handmade ceramic tumbler made from marbled clays of various blues, pink and purple. Decorated with a black tree line and birds. Held by a hand.

A similar pot, but with a handle, sitting on a white surface.

A similar tumbler - no handle - without birds.

A photo of the evening sky over the water in Maine.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Progress! I think I've dialed in the staining of the clay and slips and the satin matte glaze on the outside is a game changer. Map vibes. #pottery #ceramics #coloredclay #wateretching

A multicolored blue mug with raised green and brown decorations, reminiscent of a map, held in a hand.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A new set of crossvine pieces are out of the kiln. Also, my dad came to visit and asked to see my (new) website and after glancing through it says something like: "well, at least people will know you haven't touched up these photos at all." So, uh, yeah. #ceramics #pottery

A pitcher with green crossvine decorations

A mug with very pale violet and blue crossvine plants decorating it.

A set of tumblers decorated with green crossvine plants.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

More blue map mugs! I've been experimenting with different blue stains. These are made with Mason stains, vivid blue and zirconium vanadium, respectively. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #coloredclay

A dark blue mug with map-like surface decoration.

A lighter blue mug with map-like surface decoration.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Swirly map mugs! Neriage mugs with stained blue clay then water-etched with map-like surface decoration. In other news, I created a website. Link in my bio. Not that I have any idea what I'm doing. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #neriage #coloredclay

A blue swirly mug with brown and green surface decoration reminiscent of a map.

A similar mug, with lighter turquoise blue across the top.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just dropped off this plate and a couple of water-etched tumblers for a raffle at my catchment elementary school's fundraiser 5k next weekend. #pottery #ceramics

A ceramic plate, decorated with a whale shark and fish in black slip, with blue bubble glaze.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My obsession with maps in surface decoration continues. I've spending a lot of time staining clay and slips and then testing. #pottery #ceramics

A set of two ceramic drinking glasses, blue stained clay, surface decoration reminiscent of maps.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is what I've been spending a lot of my pottery energy on lately: ideas about maps, land masses, layers built up and then etched away. For #earthday I thought I'd share some of them together. #ceramics #pottery

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Happy tumbler Tuesday! Here is another set of water-etched ceramic tumblers that came out of the last kiln haul. Inspired by the magnolia tree next to my house while it was budding a few weeks ago. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching

Two cream colored ceramic drinking glasses, water-etched with plant decorations in blue and orange.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy mug Monday! Another piece decorated with crossvine, this one on blue and orange. Handmade ceramic mug, water-etched. #ceramics #pottery #nativeplants

A cream colored ceramic mug decorated with raised blue and orange patterns of crossvine leaves.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This water-etched ceramic vase was inspired by our serviceberry tree while it was budding, but it has since bloomed. I'm loving all the spring plants. #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #nativeplants

A white vase decorated with water-etched budding plants in shades of green.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I've been inspired by the crossvine filling out in my backyard this spring. Here's a tumbler set, water-etched. #ceramics #pottery #nativeplants

A set of two tumblers, decorated with brown and green vines.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Happy tumbler Tuesday! A tumbler set, wheelthrown and water-etched. These were some of the early iterations in my thinking about landmasses in surface decoration. #ceramics #pottery

Two drinking cups, white with raised decorations on them in multiple textured hues. Abstract, organic shapes, intended to be reminiscent of land masses.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Wheelthrown, blue-stained ceramic vase, water-etched. #ceramics #pottery

A blue, round vase decorated with green, brown and tan shapes, reminiscent of landmasses in a map.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A tumbler set, water-etched, blue-stained clay. I've been thinking about maps. #ceramics #pottery

A set of two ceramic drinking cups. Blue clay with brown, green and orange map-like decorations.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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

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

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

So, I'm making a seal mug for a coworker's wife, and I went in a lot of random different directions. Which is your favorite? #ceramics #pottery #seal

A white ceramic mug decorated with carved seals with a swirly blue background.

A white ceramic mug with black seal silhouettes with a bubble glazed background.

A white ceramic mug with textured seal silhouettes and a blue bubble glazed background.

A ceramic mug with a monoprinted, layered seal decoration on it.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Wheelthrown ceramic plate decorated with layered, monoprinted magnolias. Laguna bmix clay, homemade slips and underglazes. #BlueSkyArtShow #round

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm ready for spring. #ceramics #pottery #magnolias #monoprint

A ceramic plate decorated with magnolias.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

More carved mugs this Monday. This time with sunflowers. #ceramics #pottery #sgraffito

Two black and white mugs with carved mugs depicting sunflowers.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Monoprinted ceramic vase (or paint brush holder?) I've been getting interested in layering monoprinted images on my pottery so the layers underneath show through. I suspect this could get weirder as I move forward... We shall see! #ceramics #pottery

A ceramic vessel decorated with birch trees. The monoprinted surface decoration is layered blue over orange, giving the impression of the top layer being eroded or worn away.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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

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

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Here is a bowl! The lighting in the studio isn't great, but you get the idea. Treeline decoration, sunset on one side, moonrise on the other. #ceramics #pottery #sgraffito

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

At long last, the frog plate is out of the kiln. For my 4-year-old for whom it is all frogs, all the time. #ceramics #pottery #frogart

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Plate with whale sharks. Not a great photo - the colors don't really come through - but you get the idea. #ceramics #pottery #sgraffito

A ceramic plate from above decorated with two whale sharks and against a swirled backdrop.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

These will be raffled off tomorrow at Philly WAWOG’s fourth community town hall and fundraiser for Gaza. Proceeds will support @camp.ofhope. #ceramics #pottery

A pitcher and four cups made from white ceramics marbled lightly with blue. The set has been decorated with black silhouettes of grasses and a dragon fly.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Happy mug Monday! This recently came out of the kiln. I'm still playing with different sgraffito ideas. #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #sgraffito

A white mug decorated to suggest a landscape with a treeline over water.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I did my first market today! It was fun. Also exhausting 🤣 #ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky

A market table filled with pottery featuring a sign saying "Full Plate Pottery."

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This sey of tumblers is also headed to the same fundraiser for my daughter's dance school. #ceramics #pottery

Two ceramic drinking cups decorated with dancers. The clay is a very dark brown and the dancers are raw clay. The glazed portion of the cups are a cream glaze that breaks red.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This is headed to my daughter's dance school for a fundraiser tomorrow night. #ceramics #pottery

A white vase with black silhouettes of dancers and gray bubbles in the background.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Wheel thrown ceramic vase with fish and bubble underglaze. #ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky

A white vase with little black fish silhouettes and blue bubbles as decoration.

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"Apples" Balise @brambledragon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Little green ceramic plant mug #ceramics #pottery #art

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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 decorated with black ferns.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Happy #mugshotmonday! I've started playing with sgraffito and water color glazes. #ceramics #pottery

A white mug decorated with trees and water, carved into the clay and then colored.

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Emily Barrett @emilyceramics.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

My 6 year old asked me to make ballet pots, so here we are. #ceramics #pottery

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