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Erika Rier

@erikarier.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary artist making ceramics and zines while secretly writing science fiction novellas. linktr.ee/erika_rier

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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It means so much to me when people purchase and share my work 😭😭😭
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m so excited about this new weekend intensive I’ll be leading in my studio in Portland, Oregon. Over this weekend class I’ll walk students through the process of creating handmade comics and zines. I’ve always wanted to do an intensive, a camp for grown-ups. www.erikarier.com/shop/story-c...
A flyer with open comics in the background and hand lettering which reads: Storycraft handmade comics & zine weekend intensive November 6-8
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
2027 calendar preorders are now open in my shop! Save $5 and free shipping when you preorder. www.erikarier.com/shop/2027-ca...
Cover illustration of a lady opening a door in her tummy with a gremlin inside wearing tall bootsRound lady with two round catsSexy big hair lady with judgmental bird
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Watch my silly video and then buy my silly ceramics and zines. 30% off with code DOLDRUMS to help spare me and my business from the mistakes of greedy men. www.erikarier.com
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Any Oregon construction lawyers in the room excited to be paid in ceramics? I know it’s a long shot but I’m at the end of my rope here.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
MY COMIC WAS JUST NOMINATED FOR AN IGNATZ AWARD!!!!!!!!! You could buy of this comic which I cut by hand for every single copy here: www.erikarier.com/shop/beholden
Screenshot of IGNATZ nominee list with my comic circled: IF SHE WAS BEHOLDEN, COULD SHE EVER BE THE BEHOLDER
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Omg I feel this every time I read an article about Trump.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My party is canceled tomorrow: the contractors who were supposed to check for asbestos *before * they opened our walls checked *after*. Hilarity has not ensued.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ok, it’s that time again, you know the time when you all go outside but I hate going outside so I’m not at any of those fun summer markets you all love so I try to entice you to look at your screen for a few minutes in order to snag a good deal on some ceramics and comics. www.erikarier.com
Summer sale
20% off ceramics & comics
Use code: DOLDRUMS 
ENDS 8/23/26

Www.erikarier.com

Photo of wacky ceramics with colorful hand lettering
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As an alternative comics creator this is also true of comics/zine/art book scenes as well. Men rarely stop to look at my books at events because it’s just “girl stuff”.
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MallRatsPDX @mallratspdx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
More of today's Mall Rats market @moviemadness.org today noon-4pm @erikarier.bsky.social @leifjlee.bsky.social @krisevans.bsky.social MarenSalomon.com
Ceramic person saying "This Place is Lit"Chill person at boothArt booth with ceramics and silly plush rabbitsCoyote print handbound book
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Kris Evans @krisevans.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Announcing a Mall Rats pop-up happening Saturday Aug 1st Noon-4pm @moviemadness.org 📣 New works from myself, @leifjlee.bsky.social @erikarier.bsky.social @grilkapress.bsky.social and a few more of ur fav PDX locals 🐀☮️💕🎨
Mall Rats pop-up happening Saturday Aug 1st 2026 - Noon-4pm at Movie Madness Portland, OR
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My fall class schedule is moving fast! 1 class is sold out & others are down to one spot. My goal w/teaching is to keep things fresh so I’m working on designing a 2 year class cycle. I’m so excited to spend time w/you in my studio making so many ceramic goodies. www.erikarier.com?category=Cla...
White hands drawing on a ceramic head with a notebook in the background. Lettering says:

FALL CLASS SCHEDULE
wwW.ERIKARIER.com
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sat outside in the hot sun this morning gold lustering a bunch of ring dishes to bring to @iconconference.bsky.social Roadshow on Thursday in Baltimore. The lamp is not coming along for the trip but did help to fill up my kiln.
Middle aged white lady in a sun hat and a red short painting ceramics in the sunRing dishes, etc before gold luster was applied
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If you’ve been wanting to take a class w/me but not in Portland this could be your chance. Take a vacation at @souwesterlodge.bsky.social in October & take a 2 day ceramic workshop w/me just down the road. Sounds like probably a perfect autumn getaway. ilwacoartworks.kilnfire.com/classes/visi...
ilwacoartworks.kilnfire.com
Little Creature Chimneas w/Erika Rier - Ilwaco Artworks
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In a summer of tight turnarounds, I’ve finished making work to bring to ICON & now I’m trying to get 12 ceramic bottles in the kiln by the end of Monday so they’re ready to glaze as soon as I get back for a cool convenience store themed show I’m part of here in Portland.Here’s my life 7 days a week:
Middle aged white woman with arm tattoos painting a greenware porcelain bottle in a green room
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My studio is so busy today
A ceramic studio with one table full of bisque ware ready to be glazed and a second surface covered with greenware bottles ready for underglaze
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A new batch of ceramics has been added to my shop including some monstrous ladies and a very rude soup bowl. www.erikarier.com?category=Cer...
A group shot of some new ceramics in my shop including a soup bowl that says “fuck this fucking soup”, a big eye covered goddess, a little dino Viking saying “bruh what”, a weird cone incense burner, and a useless miniature lidded jar with faces on it saying “beep boop bop burp”.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If you’re in Portland, Oregon this Friday swing by @thepurpledoorpdx.bsky.social for a new group show, Nostalgia Potluck. I’m bringing all of the darkness of childhood to a show that will mostly be super fun I’m sure. Take a peek at my piece, The Nothing.
nostalgia Potluck
OPENING PARTY
Friday, July 10th, 2026 6:00 - 9:00 pm
CLOSING PARTY
Friday, August 7th, 2026
5:00 - 8:00 pm
THE PURPLE DOOR
3557 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202A dark bubbly bird ceramic creature with an opening in its belly where a girl and a cat crawl forth from
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I love making ceramic libraries filled w/ceramic books. Coming up w/the book titles is my favorite part. In this set: How to Tell When You are the Problem, Stories You Don’t Want to Hear but Need to Listen To, Stop Licking Boots, & Don’t Tread on that Guy Because He’ll Get the Sads. bit.ly/4ydMOMr
Little ceramic house with a woman, cat, and books inside. Little ceramic house set all laid out flat. A little ceramic lady sitting on ceramic books outside her house where her cat is watching her fromA little stack of ceramic books.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In 10 days I’m doing my first public speaking in front of a very large group of people at a conference. To hype myself up I’ve been making videos where I talk at a camera which is not comfortable for me but is good practice. Here’s a video of me encouraging you to go do something you suck at too
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’ve started adding my new classes for fall in my Portland, OR studio! Every class this fall is new because I’m very ✨✨ extra ✨✨✨. I still have a few more to add but here is the line up so far: www.erikarier.com?category=Cla...
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hey friends! I’m back after a little break for my mental health from the endless nightmare that is the world and I made a whole art show about it. If you find yourself in Corvallis, OR check out my show, Veruca’s Daughters, at The Arts Center through July 25th. theartscenter.net/erika-rier-v...
VERUCAS
DAUGHTERS

NEW CERAMIC
WORKS by ERIKA RIER
at the ARTS
CENTER thru 7/25
700 SW MADISON AVE, CORVALLIS, ORAn installation view of the show showing colorful and feminine handbuilt ceramics by Erika RierAn installation view of the show showing colorful and feminine handbuilt ceramics by Erika RierAn installation view of the show showing colorful and feminine handbuilt ceramics by Erika Rier
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Tyler Cohen @tylercohencomix.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’m such a huge fan of Erika Rier’s work. She does so much narrative & poetic work with the interplay of book forms and drawing and words
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Erika Rier is a freakin' genius. This unconventional hall of mirrors art / graphic novel / physically intricate hybrid stuff is fantastic. Again, from going to the Portland Indie Book & Art Fair today with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social www.erikarier.com
Where do I go from here?

Woman with red hair with cats in it.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Come play along at Eve’s House & create your own original sin. There’s lots of fun to be had w/angels, books of knowledge, & a kitty. Share a tasty snack of apples w/best friend, Snake. Eve’s Playset is so much fun, you’ll feel like you’re in Eden. Adam not included www.erikarier.com/shop/eves-ho...
A ceramic house with a woman standing inside accompanied by a one eyed baby and a cat. Downstairs are books, bones, apples, and a snake. Outside the house stand an angel and a serpent woman.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Um, and didn’t the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in a million years in 2004, the year Bush beat Massachusetts Senator John Kerry? I think this person is really onto something here….
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This photo from a BBC article about Northern Ireland pretty much sums up the dystopian feeling of this present moment www.bbc.com/news/article...
Photo of a bus on fire in Northern Ireland below a sign that says: sorry for any inconvenience
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Wow, this article is not at all alarming. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Anthropic says the world should have option to ‘pause’ on AI
US firm says it will convene policymakers for discussion of dangers, in post detailing progress of its Claude model
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I love when I come on here after not being on for awhile and immediately see an AI generated art post with a bazillion likes while real art has like 4 likes. Can you folks please stop lapping up AI slop?
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A quick little video from a drawing exercise I do with my sketchbook students on drawing emotions
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I never thought I could find less effective politicians than Governor Kate Brown and Mayor Ted Wheeler but then we ended up with Governor Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson. What is it with Oregon that attracts such bland, visionless politicians? And why do they run for reelection?!?!
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A new collection of friends, some made of paper and some of clay but all of them would like to have a home with you. www.erikarier.com
A collection of new pieces by me, 2 new zines and new illustrated ceramics.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I just have 2 spots left in this class that I promise will be as fun as it is educational. If you’re in Portland, OR check it out! www.erikarier.com/shop/little-...
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LITTLE FIRE PIT CREATURES - Two Week Workshop: JUNE 6th and JUNE 13th, 10am - 3pm — Erika Rier
Learn to coil build a small fire pit creature that you can use (carefully) in your backyard, taught by artist, Erika Rier, in her Portland, Oregon ceramics studio.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My two new books are now on my site. Two different sides of the coin that is my brain. One, If She Was Beholden Could She Ever Be The Beholder?, is a primal scream against misogyny. The other, True Facts About Butts, is ladies explaining how to not be a tight ass www.erikarier.com?category=Art...
Covers of my two new handmade comics, one tall and the other little.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Art dudes get to have so much fun, meanwhile, everyday is Monday for me while I work 12 hour days. So a reminder: FEMININE STORIES ARE IMPORTANT AND HOLD UNIVERSAL MEANING, even if you’re dudely.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Why am I awake at 1am eating hypoallergenic pretzels, I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW 🥨
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I’m from the east coast originally and whenever someone asks me how I like living in Portland, OR I’m always kind of like, it’s ok🤷‍♀️ then I leave Portland and I realize how good I have it in the PNW. People are chill to be themselves and to let me be myself,
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I’m calling today’s look for the art book fair: aging Penelope Bridgerton
Tattooed white woman in a pink banana shirt and lime green floral dress taking a mirror selfie
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
And while I’m on my hot take bender, California wine is not as good as Oregon wine. Fight me.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
And while I’m on my bender of negativity, I’m tired of how gimmicky, pop-culture referencing mediocre art is lapped up, while art and stories with layered meaning, nuance, and genuine emotion is ignored. We as a culture are eating aesthetic candy and not ingesting art that feeds us.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Another recent takeaway regarding men at events I vend at. When women find something they are interested in, their dudes don’t engage with it they just act impatient until the woman they are with leaves with them. If you’re w/a lady & she is enjoying something maybe pick it up & engage in it w/her.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Reminder that this weekend you have two places you can check out my books!!!!
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
People really like things they recognize, being unique is sadly often not very beneficial.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In Portland, we have a daily migration of endless crows on their way to downtown. In Pasadena, I’ve discovered on my trip, they have screaming parrots. secretlosangeles.com/the-truth-be...
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The Truth Behind Pasadena’s Endangered Squawking Parrots
They’re beautiful to look at, but not before the break of dawn. Ironically enough, a group of parrots is called a pandemonium which seems to be a perfect description considering how locals feel about ...
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What is sleep and how do I even do it?
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just watched The Menu again and I’m left with the fact that EoE has stolen cheeseburgers from me.
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I just stayed up late exercising to try and break a record on my rings AND THEN MIDNIGHT HAPPENED. I’M NOT EVEN AN EXERCISE KIND OF GUY. Time is an illusion, why does my watch not know this?!?!!
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Has it been an insanely busy day? Have I been setting up my booth at a 4 day event? Am I devastatingly exhausted? Yes, yes, yes. But also, I made this drawing in my sketchbook.
A wacky drawing in my sketchbook or a lady, a cat, a plop, a demon, a planter & plant, and a snake
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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dudes, if you’re at a book event and you see something that looks “girly”, go look at it you might find your horizons expanded.
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