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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

24 hour plus work on the weekends. I work 4 days in the studio too because my partner makes me take days off.

Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This mug was a glaze test, and I can say with confidence that it succeeded.🤩 This is the final weekend of VARF! I love faire season but I am always ready for it to be over when it is. Five weeks of 24+ hours of work is a lot, especially when you're trying to do commissions+restocks for another show

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@funkdracula.bsky.social It's out! I love how the glaze moved to create sea spray over the dragons' wings. 🥰

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

VA Ren Faire has been great and crazy busy. The patrons seem to have taken my expanded winter production as a challenge, so I am behind the 8 ball for DFUS again. Have a picture of one of my DFUS commissions. #lgbtqartist #pottery #renaissancefaire #drachenfestus

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just got back from opening weekend of the VA Ren Faire -- I had the best weekend of sales ever. I sold multiple art pieces and many cups. The mimics did well, and my heart is so full right now. Stress and imposter syndrome will come for me eventually, but right now all I have is exhaustion and joy.

A collection of mugs, cups, and bowls with monstrous faces sculpted into them.

A stoneware jar with many mushrooms sculpted on the sides. Also a tall mini pitcher carved with angular lines and glazed purple. A crochet horned goblin doll stands behind the pitcher.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New tabletop fountain!! I just cannot resist a good mushroom. I might need help. #pottery #lgbtqartist #goblincore

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

He's debuting on my table at the Virginia Renaissance Faire next weekend!

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you! He's even dishwasher safe so you can actually put cookies in there! Or, you know, kraken ink for your potions. 🍄🐙

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Photos today! This lidded jar is part of my Alchemy Jar series, and I am deeply in love with my blue-ringed octopus. I don't have formal art training -- I started out as a hobby potter doing functional work, so sculpture has been something I have been teaching myself. #lgbtqartist #pottery

A large stoneware lidded jar. It's glazed with a black matte glaze, and the words "Kraken Ink" have been carved on the side. There is a sculptural lid handle of a blue-ringed octopus. Cone 6 oxidation.

A detail photo of a lid handle sculpted in the shape of a blue-ringed octopus.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It has served me really well. I have almost outgrown it sadly -- I think the only thing really holding me back from upgrading is my beloved Advancer shelves. I definitely can't afford new, bigger ones for a while.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thank you! I have had some kiln heartbreaks lately so I really needed the win. 🥰🍄

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I just posted a little opening video! It came out so so well.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The kiln was a good one!! I only have a video of it because I got very excited -- do y'all prefer video or photos? I like photos for the ability to examine detail, but I like video for how well it supports the three dimensionality of my work. #lgbtqartist #renaissancefestival #goblincore

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Good news! It was a Christmas morning kiln!

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's so true. Just sometimes you open the kiln and it's full of kiln goblin mischief and I guess those are the surprise coal mornings.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I put this kiln in on Wednesday and get to go unload it in a few hours. Really looking forward to what's inside! #lgbtqartist

An electric kiln loaded with glazed bisqueware.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thank you! I think I am going to make another one where they are side-eyeing the observer instead of looking up. I think it will totally change its expression, and that's exciting to me. I am such a dork.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thank you so much! It's going to its first show next weekend, I am looking forward to meeting the person it's going home with. 🥰

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Ooooh, that's gorgeous. I want to bite it.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I struggled with moral relativism too -- I came down on the side of defining evil as cruelty.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Phoenix jar. I think this is genuinely some of the best flame carving I have done. Three weeks until VARF begins, I'm not stressed at all, why do you ask? 🙃 #lgbtqartist #pottery #renaissancefestival

A lidded jar with a sculptural handle of a phoenix. The jar is carved with sinuous flame shapes. B3 clay body, glaze is a studio golden luster.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Y'all! I fired the first three mimics and they came out just like I had hoped. The other fifteen or so will get fired a few at a time while I work on my VARF kilns. I do this so if there is some sort of kiln disaster I can't lose all of them. #lgbtqartist #pottery

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I love this jar because who doesn't love mushrooms? I hate this jar because it has eight million delicate protuberences on it and packing it to take around to shows is going to be a nightmare. I would ask what I was thinking when I made it, but it was just "Mushroom🤩😍" #lgbtqartist

A lidded stoneware jar with cap mushrooms of many sizes sculpted on it. Cone 10 gas reduction fire, Standard 153 clay body.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The weather has finally been good enough that I can start glaze firing my mountain of bisqueware! I am going to guess that I have another six or so glaze kilns worth of bisque. This gorgeous jar is a gas reduction piece that came back recently, and I love her. #pottery #lgbtqartist

A lidded jar with a sculpted mermaid as the handle. Cone 10 gas reduction fire with blue rutile, Coleman red, and Karin's Starshine glazes.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The kiln goblins have claimed their toll. I have to drive my greenware to the kiln I share with another artist, which means that sometimes I lose a piece before it ever reaches the kiln. This was a nice, light, even mug, so I'll just have to make another one. #pottery #renaissancefaire #lgbtqartist

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Third bisque kiln this week went in this morning, and not only did none of the mimics crack, the braided handle mug didn't crack either! #pottery #lgbtqartist

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I have it on extremely good authority that all transwomen get a podcast. I would love to add yours to my rotation.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My home LARP does a fundraiser every year and I donate a custom mug voucher. This year's winner went into bisque yesterday, so I want to show it off while it cools and I wait to find out if that braided handle cracks. 🙃

Leather hard clay mug with a braided handle, a teabag holding monster, and the words "Crafty Goblin" carved into it.

Leather hard clay mug with a braided handle and a teabag holding monster

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Oh that's awesome! Congrats to her and great job helping her hone her skill! 🍄

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It is also my bane. Stupid glaze fire unwinding.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Oh hey! There's a second one too, just in case there's a kiln mishap. Best case scenario you get to pick the one you like more. 💜🍄

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One of the commission pieces I am working on for Drachenfest US this year. This is going to be fired in cone 10 gas reduction with a blue rutile glaze. (The color is cheap watercolors that I is to "plan" my carving) #lgbtqartist #pottery #LARP

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What better way to spread the larval form? *evil laugh*

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Finally non-icy enough for me to get some bisque kilns fired! Half the mimics went in on Monday, other half will be in the 2-3 more firings I plan to do this week #pottery #goblincore #lgbtqartist

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

So, the mimics did not stop after Imbolc. They have stopped now, but only because I really do need to throw mugs for VARF. But look at their face! They are so bitey! #pottery #goblincore #lgbtqartist #

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

They don't stop coming! Mimics until Imbolc! I was wrestling with some reclaim throwing today so my hands are tired and I have a lot of reclaim blocks wrapped in wet car towels. #lgbtqartist #pottery #goblincore #wheelthrownpottery

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Obsessed with my mimics. Will be making as many as I can before Imbolc (that's when I shift over to making a few hundred mugs for the spring faire season) #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #lgbtqartist #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Oh I love him! That wicked little smirk! 10/10, quality goblin

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Do not obey in advance. Do not make their day easier. ICE agents don't get to have good days. Take up their time. Make them precisely and exhaustively explain themselves. If you can misunderstand them, do. Channel your inner toddler and passively resist.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Starting a mimic collection, meet my first little guy, Bowl-gagwa. #lgbtqartist #pottery #goblincore

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The world is on fire and my country is the arsonist. Work in progress #pottery #lgbtqartist #leftist

A black clay lidded jar with sculptural phoenix handle and carved flame shapes. The clay is unfired, at leather hard.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

What a sweet thing to say! I think my biomechanics/technique was off, honestly. I've been throwing a lot of mug-sized things lately and sometimes it can take a session to get back into the groove of working with more clay that isn't so easily muscled into behaving.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I think of throwing as creating the inside of the vessel, and trimming as creating the outside, so I like trimming too.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Some more lovelies from the last kiln! These were an exercise in throwing thin -- the goal was 5" x 3", 12 oz of clay. It was a fun exercise and helped me really get a feel for how thin the clay can get under my hands before I lose it. Also, my studio has nothing pretty *and* useful for scale in it.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish. There is a ruler between the tumblers, showing the scale of the objects.

Two wheel thrown stoneware tumblers, one burgundy with purple specks, one brown and cream and greenish. This is a top-down view, and there is a ruler lying across the tops of the cups to show scale.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Okay, but hear me out, have you considered a lucrative new line of pencil cups?

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I'm not supposed to be working right now, no one tell my partner.I had a shit day for throwing, struggled to get some measly 3lb balls to center. Ended up with one teapot body instead of four, but got some photos of the recent kiln load at least. #lgbtqartist #pottery

Twelve reproductions of the Gotland cup thrown in four color agateware. The insides and handles of the cups are glazed colorfully, while the outsides of the cups are left unglazed to highlight the depth of color of the natural fired clay.

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Five Goblins Pottery @fivegoblinspottery.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hi everyone! I mailed off my last pre-holiday custom order today so I finally have more time for social media. Have a gas reduction vase for being so patient! A friend described this as 'Galadriel's kitchen vase in Lorien', such an amazing compliment. #lgbtqartist #pottery #elfcore

Wheel-thrown cone 10 stoneware carved vase, glazed in blue rutile over warm brown clay, and about 11" tall. There are oval gestural carvings of leaves around the top 4" that pierce through the walls of the vase, and long white driplines extend from the bottom of each leaf where the carvings have channeled the molten glaze's flow.

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