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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends, we got a phone call to make ... time for a swarm on Speaker #CarlHeastie's office.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ed going through some things ...

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Saw this on IG, almost spit tea all over the room. #tradwives

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Uhhhh, I got a lot going on right now … 🙃

Work table crowded with four different clay projects from decorating to hand building.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Strongly expressed disappointment with #SusanCollins at #NoKings #PortlandME !! 😜

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#NoKings My mother suggested, “Impeachment is a good clause”!

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I was going to do test tiles to try out some new glaze colors. Then I remembered the very cool anthurium brooches and buttons in a recent Caroline Herrera show and, well, these happened. At about 6” long, I think they will be too heavy to make into brooches but wall decor? #artsky #pottery

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Otis with Mayzie. On a summery day. :-)

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This #Drynuary has been more challenging that almost any other. I'm halfway there, but it's been a struggle. Here's the hero drink that tastes more like a cocktail than anything else I've tried.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Starting 2026 off with a creative spurt was unfettered joy. First task was underglazing greenware that I made in early November! #artsky The peppers are gonna be my new, fun play theme. #ceramicarts

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Laughing so hard, I can't breathe. Sitting with fam, got talking about 70s party recipes and I googled. This was the last in the list, and we're all on the floor ...

Picture of whole bananas draped in hame slices with a pineapple sauce.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

New-ish #orchid pots. These are so much fun to make! Orchids love the unglazed clay plus the drainage holes offer a door to the outside. They make a Trader Joe orchid look very special. Available at BaronessVonSavage.com, with more coming soon. #artsky #ceramicarts

Orchid pot embellished with two slipper orchids

Orchid pot embellished with white and yellow flower

Orchid pot embellished with white, blue and orange flower

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

New orchid pots! I do these in a speckled buff clay that I leave unglazed except for the flowers. Orchids love them (lots of drainage that you can’t see) AND you have something to look at when they are dormant!

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The peppers came out of the fire, and they still crack me up. #artsky #ceramicarts #pottery

Hand built ceramic peppers in red, orange and green

Three hand-built ceramic peppers on a tray.

Green hand built ceramic pepper on a hand painted tray.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s so dry that dozens of local honeybees (must be a hive somewhere!) are trying to drink out of the pool. I’m life guarding. I’ve pulled out eight so far,

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I took a couple of months off from creating much #pottery, at one point wondering if I’d even go back. I’m back, doing some Bohemia-inspired work from antique pots out of Turn Teplitz in Austria. #artsky #ceramicart These are 6”, hand built in raw porcelain clay.

Small bowl in raw porcelain with flower and leaves.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Started hand building another #ceramicart pepper … I feel like this elevates your #charcuterie game to conversation piece 😎 #artsky color poll: red, green, yellow, orange?

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Not sure where I’m going with this, fam but it’s so weird I dig it … #ceramicart #pottery #artsky

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Hey #artsky!! New ceramic pieces! Changed up the red glaze on my "Persephone Vase", and I like the deeper color. Then created these little 2.5" catchers for used tea bags. (What are they called, anybody?!) #ceramicarts #pottery

Hand made ceramic vases shaped like pomegranites.

Bright colored ceramic flowers for catching tea bags.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New form for this design and I’m loving the big square tray!!! #ceramicarts #pottery #artsky

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Having one right now, and they are great. Highly recommend added some kind of dried fruit, currants, raisins, cranberris.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A Francis Bacon treatment would better capture the full, unbridled horror of this appointment.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Time to resurrect this favorite cartoon by artist Karl Gude from the NYTimes

Artists cartoon of Conclave Highlights by Karl Gude

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

My #orchid pots are out ! #pottery #ceramicart I’ll bet you can tell which one is my favorite …

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Welp, got the flu which made me pick up a book I bought last year. Highly recommend for all those who imagine a different America dream that is not defined by capitalism, white nationalism and racism. #bethechange

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Two of my favorite decorative schemes were inspired by fabric. My bright yellow pieces derive from a blouse that Lupita Nyong'o wore for her 2019 #NYTimes interview; and I've used a #Kenzo line for my poppy designs.

Lupita Nyong'o wearing a blouse with bright yellow sleeves.

Model wearing Kenzo top and skirt with poppies.

Unglazed clay urn with hand painted poppies.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Annnnddddd, this is what happens when the kiln fires too hot. The unglazed clay part would normally be a speckled buff that would contrast more with the glazed elements. Do you think it's saleable, or naw? Yes, that's a toothpick holder, LOL. #ceramicart #pottery

10" round ceramic tray with strawberries and strawberry toothpick holder.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is a prototype that I thought I might do a few of for the upcoming regional #strawberry festival: 8" footed plate with handpainted design. I'm kind of digging it. Thoughts, feelings? #ceramicart #pottery

8" ceramic plate with handpainted design of mouth with a strawberry, and a yellow border.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Announcement: this book is amazing.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Someone ain't mincing words ... 😜

Tibetan Mastiff in aggressive posture with teeth bared.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Here's my dad on Black Monday, October 19, 1987 when the Dow opened at 2,246. NYSE trading allowed specialists like my dad to delay or suspend trading on stocks in order to try and fulfill the order imbalance. It fell 20% by the close.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Here’s my squad ready for Spring!

Catahoula cur and standard poodle sitting together on a sidewalk in the sunshine.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I have used this floral pattern before but not on this form. Hand built, footed tray with hand built bowl. #ceramicart #pottery

Bright yellow tray with l ave’s and flowers and white bowl

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Loving on this new piece that I roughed out this morning. It seems clear that I'm in a carved foot phase. #PotteryLove #CeramicArt

Urn shaped flower vase in raw clay with flower embellishments.

Urn shaped flower vase in raw clay with flower embellishments, 2nd view.

Urn shaped flower vase in raw clay with flower embellishments, close up.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Annnddd for the June #Strawberry festival circuit, this is quite possibly the One Thing I will always look at and laugh. Yes. It’s a toothpick holder. 😂 The raw clay will fire to a speckle buff.

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Baby grrrlll finally out of the blaze kiln and I love her so much!!

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Dr JMThayer @jthayer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

With the demise of my guest room TV, I can now right a wrong committed more than two years ago when I first hung the screen. 😜

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