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@kristenvogelaar.bsky.social
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Singer, player, hiker, maker, listener, seer, thinker, feeler. "If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much."

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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I made some mugs similar to the recent vases I posted! I work out of a community studio, so I have a lot of pieces in progress currently. #pottery #ceramics #clay
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Made a couple pieces this evening! I like how they turned out. #pottery #ceramics #clay #wheelthrown #sculpture
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This piece from the anagama came out with such an interesting surface. It was completely unglazed BMix going in. Everything you see is the result of ash and fire! #pottery #ceramics #clay #anagama #anagamakiln#woodfiredpottery #woodfuredceramics
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Here's a video of the anagama in action! 🔥 #pottery #potter #clay #ceramics #anagama #woodfiredpottery
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It's been a while since I've posted here. In the past few months, I participated in my first anagama woodfire kiln firing; it was an incredible experience and I learned a lot. Here's my favorite piece from it! #pottery #ceramics #clay #anagama #woodfiredpottery
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
There's a sweet Winnie the Pooh themed hiking trail where they've set it up for little kids to make believe they are in The Hundred Acre Wood, and at Pooh's "house" kiddos leave bottles of honey on a rock; certainly, I must make the iconic "hunny" jar to leave there! #pottery #clay #winniethepooh
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Tried my hand at throwing a double walled vessel! A little spooky but so fun! #pottery #potter #potterywheel #wheelthrown #clay #ceramic #ceramics
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Pottery glaze results! I understand some potters hate glazing, but I find it so fun. #pottery #potter #potterywheel #wheelthrown #clay #glaze #potteryglaze #ceramic #ceramics
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I learned how to throw my first lidded vessels in yesterday's pottery class. #pottery #potter #potterywheel #wheelthrown #clay
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
New bird mug, fresh out of the kiln! Kind of wintery, will be nice for hot cocoa this holiday season. #pottery #potter #potterywheel #wheelthrown #handbuilt #bird #cardinal #winter #snow #cozy #clay
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I've been tired lately, and haven't been able to understand why. Maybe I should consider not staying at the studio until 1:30 in the morning. Eh, I'll probably keep staying at the studio way too late, ha! #pottery #potter #ceramics #potterywheel #wheelthrown #handbuilt #handbuilding #clay #flowers
A small B-Mix white stoneware collared wheel-thrown vase with hand built flowers and leaves attached to the shoulder. It's just been trimmed and assembled, sitting on a small black banding wheel, on the work table in a pottery studio.A small B-Mix white stoneware collared wheel-thrown vase with hand built flowers and leaves attached to the shoulder. It's just been trimmed and assembled, sitting on a small black banding wheel, on the work table in a pottery studio.A small B-Mix white stoneware collared wheel-thrown vase with hand built flowers and leaves attached to the shoulder. It's just been trimmed and assembled, sitting on a small black banding wheel, on the work table in a pottery studio.
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Glazy Sunday! Process photos! #pottery #potter #ceramics #potteryglaze #ceramicglaze #glaze #glazes #potterywheel #wheelthrown
Two pieces with bands of glaze have Opulence Cast Iron as an exterior base, then Amaco Midnight Run on the rim, then a band of Tourmaline, and a rim of Ancient Copper over the Midnight Run. Inside, they have Midnight Run underneath a band of Tourmaline, and a top of Ancient Copper. There's a ring of plain Tourmaline and a center circle of plain Ancient Copper at the very bottom without a flux. There's a thin band of Oatmeal just where the Ancient Copper and the Tourmaline meet on the exterior. Midnight Run is a flux glaze, so it will be interesting to see what it does. Two pieces with the bands of glaze have Opulence Cast Iron as an exterior base, then Amaco Midnight Run on the rim, then a band of Tourmaline, and a rim of Ancient Copper over the Midnight Run. Inside, they have Midnight Run underneath a band of Tourmaline, and a top of Ancient Copper. There's a ring of plain Tourmaline and a center circle of plain Ancient Copper at the very bottom without a flux. There's a thin band of Oatmeal just where the Ancient Copper and the Tourmaline meet on the exterior. Midnight Run is a flux glaze, so it will be interesting to see what it does. Small, carved/altered piece has a base that I've painted with black underglaze, then all the rest is just plain Ancient Copper. I'm experimenting with painting the bases of pieces with underglaze, as it doesn't stick to the kiln shelves, and it's interesting to me to cover up the white clay body while still having the bottom wax resisted to keep the glaze off. Some of the underglaze has wiped off the bottom since I painted it on after it was bisqued, then waxed it once dry. I don't necessarily mind that on this piece because it's a very organic, rustic piece and the wear could add to that feeling, but in the future I think I'll underglaze the bottoms (if that's the plan for the piece) at the leather hard/bone dry stage, then bisque the underglaze so it doesn't move when wax is applied. 🤓Small, carved/altered piece has a base that I've painted with black underglaze, then all the rest is just plain Ancient Copper. I'm experimenting with painting the bases of pieces with underglaze, as it doesn't stick to the kiln shelves, and it's interesting to me to cover up the white clay body while still having the bottom wax resisted to keep the glaze off. Some of the underglaze has wiped off the bottom since I painted it on after it was bisqued, then waxed it once dry. I don't necessarily mind that on this piece because it's a very organic, rustic piece and the wear could add to that feeling, but in the future I think I'll underglaze the bottoms (if that's the plan for the piece) at the leather hard/bone dry stage, then bisque the underglaze so it doesn't move when wax is applied. 🤓
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Get ready for veggies! 🍅🥕🫛🌱🌿👩‍🌾 #garden #gardening #gardener #communitygarden #vegetables #veggies #organic #dirt #fixerupper
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Decorating day for Mr. Cardinal. He, and his mug perch, will be bisqued soon. #pottery #potter #clay #potterywheel #wheelthrown #handbuilt #handbuilding #mug #bird #birds #cardinal #nature #handmade
An underglaze painted hand built cardinal bird perched on the handle of a wheel thrown speckle clay mug. It's nearly bone dry and ready to be bisque fired. This photo shows the right side.An underglaze painted hand built cardinal bird perched on the handle of a wheel thrown speckle clay mug. It's nearly bone dry and ready to be bisque fired. This photo shows the left side.
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
First attempt at pulling a handle, and straight off the piece no less! I think it looks pretty good, but certainly room for refinement. 🤍🙏 #pottery #potter #potterywheel #wheelthrown #clay #mug #mugs #handle #pulledhandle
A leather hard speckle clay mug with a pulled handle and a thumb rest
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Such a hard time trimming this foot ring, even tho I love trimming. Finally got it then managed to trim the bottom off! Patched it back on but it looked messy. So I carved some flames & added underglaze & made a sun. What a journey. #pottery #potterywheel #clay #problemsolving #underglaze #carved
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Results! They came out great! I'm currently obsessing over layered rim dips over matte black glaze. #pottery #potter #clay #wheelthrown #potterywheel #ceramics #ceramicglazes #potteryglazes #glazes #glaze
Three stacked white clay stoneware bowls with river birch flux under denim glaze inside and on the rim, over matte black glaze on the outsideThree white clay stoneware bowls with river birch flux under denim glaze inside and on the rim, over matte black glaze on the outsideThree white clay stoneware bowls with river birch flux under denim glaze inside and on the rim, over matte black glaze on the outside, looking down into the interior of the bowls
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Handle time! Can you handle it?! 😄 #pottery #potter #clay #wheelthrown #potterywheel #ceramics #ceramicmug #bird #birds
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I decided to try throwing 6 lbs. of clay today, on a whim and the encouragement of studio friends, which is three times the largest amount I have thrown, as a new-ish potter. It was a challenge to center it but I think it went pretty well! #potter #pottery #potterywheel #wheelthrown #clay #ceramics
A 6-lb. lump of clay on the pottery wheel, which I have made a crude and simple smiley face on to make it less intimidatingA fairly large white stoneware bowl I have just thrown, still on the pottery wheelA fairly large white stoneware bowl I have just thrown, still on the pottery wheelA fairly large white stoneware bowl I have just thrown, still on the pottery wheel, with my hand next to it for scale
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Got some things back from the kiln! #potter #pottery #handbuilt #handbuilding #potterywheel #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery #handbuiltpottery #clay #bird #birds #nature #🏺 #🪶
A hand built mug with a gray jay on the handle, sitting on a mossy logTwo small agateware bowls with bright blue glaze inside, photographed on a mossy log A hand built mug with a gray jay on the handle, showing bird detail, photographed in front of a yellow forsythia bush A hand built mug, showing glaze detail
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Backyard birdies 😳 #bird #birds #birding #🪶#🦃
Large tom turkey and female turkeyLarge tom turkey with tail feathers splayedLarge tom and female turkey in a backyard with a woods line
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
More clay things. One of these days I'll have some finished pieces! The studio's community kiln is firing nonstop. #pottery #ceramics #clay #sgraffito #wheelthrownpottery #potterywheel #🏺
A bowl with simple mountain etching into purple-orange sunset underglazeBrown and white clay marble wheel thrown mugWhite carved-bottom crag mug
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Goldfinches on a date 😘❤️ #bird #birds #🪶 #birding #birb #birbs #date #romance #spring
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I tried some foot rings! Hooray for trimming day! 🤎 #pottery #newpotter #beginnerpotter #learning #growing #clay #potterywheel #throwingpottery #wheelthrown
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Each time I come to the wheel, I'm a bit better than I was. 🤎 #pottery #potterywheel #wheelthrown #throwingpottery #potter #clay #claysky
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Trimmed the slip off these cool guys this morning. They look like fudge swirl ice cream! 🍦 #pottery #clay #agateware #newpotter #learning #growing #icecream
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
More clay things. I've recently picked up a ton of really, really helpful wheel info from @floriangadsby.bsky.social YouTube channel, and I'm excited to use that info to make some things that don't end up being small bowls. 🙃 #pottery #clay #wheelthrown
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My first foray into agateware as a new potter. Really so fun! 🤎 #pottery #clay #agateware #wheelthrown #potterywheel #newpotter
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Hand built travel mug came out of the kiln today! This was one of my the first pieces I made in the class I'm taking. #pottery #clay #newpotter #experimenting
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I'm a brand new potter, but I'm already known as "leaf girl" at my local studio. What can I say? The outdoors is in my soul and it comes out in everything I make. 💚🌿 #pottery #clay #mug #leaf #outdoors #outdoor #nature #denali #itsdenali
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Listening to this daily. 💚🌿 @howtoloveaforest.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/7BOw_... #nature #forests #forest #earth #trees #ecology #outdoors #resilience #hope
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Forests are resilient! And we are too #resilience #forest #nature #change #life #love #short #shorts
YouTube video by Ethan Tapper
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Very interesting tree from this morning's stroll. #tree #nature #photography
Tree on the side of the road, in silhouette with the sun shining behind it in a deep, cloudless blue sky, casting a shadow across the ground. The tree seems to be dead, but it is entirely arched over to the side and al of its branches are sticking straight off only the side facing upwards into the sky.
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Look at this greedy doofus. 😂💚 #birds #birdfeeder #squirrel #squirrels
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I've been thinking about the northern lights show last October. What an incredible experience that was! #auroraborealis #aurora #northernlights #astronomy #newhampshire
Bright pink Aurora over a building roofBright pink aurora over treesDelicate pink and green aurora over building and treesBright pink and green aurora waves
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hooray for open studio! #pottery #clay #handbuilding #handbuilt #bird #doverpotterystudio
Hand built speckle clay mug with pine texture and a little bird perched on the handle. It's just been built and isn't dry yet.Hand built speckle clay mug with pine texture and a little bird perched on the handle. It's just been built and isn't dry yet.Hand built speckle clay mug with pine texture and a little bird perched on the handle. It's just been built and isn't dry yet.
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Janet @bookwormjan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Remember to check everything. Is it fake news? Is it unchecked reposting? Is it AI claiming to be real? Keep checking, keep fighting for truth.
White background with large black lettering saying 'Is this True?'
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The Milky Way, Andromeda, Pleiades from my parking lot in NH this past fall. @bot.astronomy.blue sign up #astronomy #stars #milkyway #andromeda #pleiades #newhampshire
The Milky Way stretching across the frame, Andromeda towards the top thirdThe Milky Way across the top left corner, Andromeda just beneath it, Pleiades near the bottom left corner The Milky Way behind the dark silhouette of trees and my roof
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Chickadees, 2000's alt rock band photo shoot 🪶 #birds #band #bandphoto
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I refilled the tree feeders before the storm, but ice and snow have made my cozy, sheltered window feeders appealing. #birds #🪶
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The chillest of vibes this morning.👌😑👌 #pottery #clay #potterywheel
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It's #SuperbOwl Sunday you say? A while ago, I was strolling along the Barred Owl Trail at Highland Farm Preserve (York Land Trust) around 11:00 in the morning when I looked around and realized I was being observed. 🪶 #birds
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Your chances of being killed by a black-capped chickadee are low, but never zero. 👀 #bird #birds #chickadee #blackcappedchickadee #borb #dangerborb
A black-capped chickadee blurred in the background partially obscured by in-focus tree branches, perched and focused intently on camera
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Traditional song "Wayfaring Stranger" this past fall #singer #traditionalmusic
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Traditional song "Wayfaring Stranger" this past fall
Traditional song "Wayfaring Stranger" this past fall
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Feeder drama! And a little finch munches and watches the spectacle from the safety of the window feeder. #birds #bird #backyardbirds #birdfeeder #squirrel #addBirder
Squirrel and doves going nuts beneath a bird feeder under a tree; a woodpecker is sitting on the trunk, escaping the fray. The squirrel has knocked down the suet cage.A little finch photographed from inside, quietly chilling in a small clear plastic feeder suction cupped to the window. It's munching on a seed and watching the spectacle.
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A downy woodpecker and a nuthatch in conversation this morning. #bird #birds #birb #birbs
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
#blackhistorymonth
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kristenvogelaar.bsky.social @kristenvogelaar.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Sea borb #sea #borb #birb #okfinebird
gull sitting on a rock in ocean waves
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Stephen Simpson ProperGander @bamastephen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” - Frederick Douglass #BlackHistoryMonth
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/02/2025
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
A man jumping, under the words "Make Time For Joy"
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