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Mary Ostler

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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Robert Evans got suspended from blusky. @iwriteok.bsky.social is most of the reason i stay on this site.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Be the potato you want to be" -me
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Taking my first footie match. Chelsea women vs Birmingham #cfc #chelsea #football
Badge for the Chelsea women's vs Birmingham game.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Still not sure what i am doing, just making it up as I go. #tirrigh #antir #mysca #sca #yurt
A yurt ring with burnt mortice holes, and three steam bent half circles for the roof arches.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trying to figure out how to make my yurt ring. I really dont know WTF I am doing. Lol Fun. ;) #yurt #Alchiga #tirrigh #antir #mysca #sca
A steam bent yurt roof ring being assembled.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Started my next reed screen project. It a narrow door screen for a weird variation on an Alchiga tent. (Think of a yurt with no lattice walls just curved roof struts from the ring to the ground. Fun. #antir #tirrigh #sca #mysca ##reedscreen #wool #roving
A reed screen with patterns made out of red, blue, brown, and Grey wool wrapped around the reeds before being tied together.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Lethbridge Liberace..... bwahahaaaaa. #cpc #LethbridgeLiberace #pepe Such a warrior. Lol
Pierre Pollievre dress up in his best cowboy couture. Script "Lethbridge Liberace"
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day. May the rage boiling deep inside of our polite friendly shells remain intact until we need it. #canada #canadaday
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I made felted slippers out of left over roving from the reed screen project. Happy with the results. #felt #felting #wetfelt
A pair of red felt slippers i made out of the left over roving from my reed screen project.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If I was a franchisee of Bricks and Minifigs, I'd be spitting bullets at corporate for devaluation of brand. Gawd knows if a franchisee caused a ruckus a tenth as bad, corporate would be on them like white on rice. #bricksandminifigs #recklessben
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The Man from Urkle @ilyakuriyaken.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The police protecting Congress should walk off the job.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Your astrological sign is meaningless to me. What i really want to know is what school of Philosophy best fits your existence. Despite having a bit of a Stoic nature I think I fall into Epicurean school the most. It closely matches my philosophy of Adequacy. #epicurus #philosophy
A marble bust of what be Greek philosopher Epicurus.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Siliconed my blue starry tarp. Waiting for it the dry, then onto the poles and ridge. #tents #TirRigh #AnTir #SCA
A blue tarp with white stars on it hanging on a laundry line to dry after being treated with sil8con dissolved in naptha gas.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Wab Kinew is a national treasure. Lol
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It's portfolio day. I paint portraits of carpet and flooring from TV and movies, make tents, and weave reed screens, amongst a dozen other things like wood working, upholstering and bonsai gardening. #Portfolioday #twinpeaks #biglebowski #tents #Timurid #reedscreen.
A red black and white cup i made i front of a painting I did of the TV show Twin Peaks.A painting of a carpet in the movie Big LebowskiA white tent  i made with blue details based on 14th century Timurid empire illuminations. A stand where I'm teaching myself to weave a Kyrgyzstanian reed screen.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Finished my new coffee cup. Twin peaks baby.... twin freaking peaks. #pottery #twinpeaks
Large bulbous coffee cup. Top red, bottom black and white zigzags.New coffee cup. Inside bottom gas the words "Black as midnight on a moonless night"Coffee cup matchs my furniture. Red with black and white zigzags everywhere.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Last of my weird object shaped pots has been bisque fired. I decided not to attempt to duplicate the design on the museum original, but no idea what's going on it instead. This will not fully tip over. Just lurches to the side. Drunk pot. #pottery
Bisque fired pot. Rounded belly with a flared lip, and a ridiculously tall and narrow foot.Pot will not fully tip over. Due to the tall yet narrow foot, and a round belly, it's only really capable of a sideways lurch.The original white mug from the met museum. Rounded belly and tall but narrow foot. Decorated with people on small horses riding around the belly.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Made a little oil lamp and glaze it in speedball Dragon Stone. #pottery
A little oil lamp based of a museum piece. Dragon stone glaze used making a light seafoam green base with red speckled dotting the surface.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A bit patchy. No more blue and white work until I figure out cobalt washes. #pottery #TirRigh #AnTir #sca
Blue and white floral pattern bowl with a matte glaze.Interior of bowl with a bowl chinese character that I'm told means approximately Turnip. If it doesn't, I'd find it even funnier.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Finished up the small bowl. Think it turned out quite nicely and not too bad compared to the 16th century piece I based the pattern off of. #pottery #TirRigh #AnTir #sca
Blue and white floral pattern on a small bowlBlue and white pattern on a small bowl looking down into the white inside of bowl.The original 16th century vase i based my blue and white floral pattern bowl.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Fuck Windows and it's ai slop bloatware subscription based enshitification of everything. You are forcing me to switch to Linux you monsters.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Trying my hand at a multiple colour floral pattern on a little bowl. It's inspired by a 16th century Turkish vase that's in the MET museum. Wish me luck. #pottery #TirRigh #AnTir #sca
A small bowl with red and black graphite drawings on it. Parts have started to have blue underglaze applied.A small blue and white 16th century Turkish vase from the MET museum collection.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
What to do when you don't have one of those fancy shanty weaving shuttle bobbin wonders.... Improvise. Toy arrow, two hair elastics and a drill. #weaving
Photo of a drill with an arrow shaft in its chuck, a plastic weavers shuttle bobbin on the shaft, and secured with two hair elastics. Red thread is spilled onto the bobbin.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The vase is done. I absolutely love that graphite burns off during bisque.... Does it disappear if it's present under glaze.... new experiment. Lol. #pottery
Bulbus vase with vertical lines penciled on with laser.Bulbus vase with horizontal and vertical lines penciled on, the red graphite lines connecting cross points in a spiral pattern.Alternating swirls paint in with underglaze.The final glazed bulbus vase.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Work has started on the next piece. Still not sure where I'm going with this piece. Just glad I got to use my laser. #pottery
A white teardrop shaped bisque fired vase getting a vertical swirl pattern painted in blue underglaze
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The little pot turned out great. One coat matte over all, and two thick layers of glossy on the red. The white area feels glazed, yet looks like unglazed. I was hoping for that. #pottery
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trying my hand at a new techniques on one of my pots. Looking forward to throwing it into the kiln. #pottery
A thrown dish with slip trailing and underglaze pre firing.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My dad's newest project is finally on the road. Hello you magnificently weird lowered Kenworth with a normal truck bed. You amuse me no end. #Kenworth
A early 80s kenworth cab on a normal truck frame with a normal truck bed painted florescent green.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Soooo. This may have just happened. I've always wanted to weave the material for one of my tents. Next big project might have been started. #weaving #tents #SCA #AnTir #TirRigh
Leclerc mira 2 counter balance loom.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Started on the legs of my baba yaga hut. Modeling the legs on a cassowaries legs not chicken legs, cause cassowary legs look primeval.
My three part pottery model of Baba Yagas house. The houses legs are just getting started to be shaped.A photo of cassowary legs.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Post a cover of book you love from the 90's.
The book covers of  Felt Tents and Pavillions part 1 & 2 by Peter Alford Andrews.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Today I got to spend time at the pottery wheel. Practicing different forms and trying for consistency of wall thickness. Still a lot to practice. I am reasonably happy both the results. I do tend to be too ambitious for thin walls. It gets to the point the clay can barely hold its shape. #pottery
Practice different shapes and wall consistency  of 7 items thrown on a pottery wheel.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Starting a new project in ignorance can sometimes be a blessing. I learned to knit making a custom made fair isle pattern touque. Apparently that is not normal. Fuck normal, I prefer weird. I miss my HHGTTG inspired Frankie and Benji mouse touque. Now that I know it's hard, I'm Intimidated. Doh.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A couple things from the pottery classes I took. We were encouraged to experiment with multi layer glazes. #pottery
My underglaze experiment of my sythian goat worked...OK. think i know how to improve it.The inside of a bowl with three layers of glaze. Clear, then an orange,  then a streaky bluey/brown glaze.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I have hit the point where I only truly know what day of the week it is by what podcasts dropped into my release feed. Must be a Thursday. As I get The Friendly Atheist podcast and a Beyond the Bastards podcast. Happy Thursday everyone.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Three separate attempts at snatching a FB marketplace loom in three weeks. I am destined to be the second person to reply. That 12 shaft loom would have been sweet (even if it was toggle and not foot treadled). #loom #weaving
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
With all the garbage going on, I really didn't need Catherine O'Hara passing away. My second favorite SCTV character was Lola Heatherton.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Made a little pot for a small carnivorous plant. The inside is an oxblood red underglaze, and the blue details pattern I am calling Cormorants on parade. #pottery
Little white clay pot with blue details around the pots belly.The inside of the pot is oxblood red underglaze with clear glaze.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reading up on extinction burst theory. Gawd, I hope things don't get much worse, before they get better.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I'm so tired from work, I'm too tired to do any of my hobbies on my day off. Construction Plumbing may pay well but its a tough damn trade on a 50+ year old body.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Installing the skulls around the fence of baba yagas hut. All posts get a skull but one. My favorite BY tale has bone gramma out played by a young maid and forced to loose one of her skull lanterns. #pottery #babayaga
Skulls are being placed on the fence surrounding Baba Yagas hut.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Redoing my glaze tile board. New tiles and a pretty frame cause why not. #pottery #ceramics #NERD
An oval frame that will be repurposed as a glaze tile frame.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Today i am greatful for my local Langely Farmers Market (fruit and veg grocery chain). Often I find they cut a couple of their cabbages in half. As a single person a whole cabbage is toooooooo much cabbage. #groceries #cabbage #toomuch
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Not bad for a non potter. Made a candlestick with a 16th century Islamic vibe. Need work on underglaze technique. #sca #mysca #TirRigh #AnTir #pottery #ceramic
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
My favorite inspirational poster.
Picture of a nepenthes pitcher plant with the i aspiration quote "Get lost in nature and you will ("find yourself" is crossed out) quite possibly die".
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Messing about with home made underglaze transfers. The quote is from some centuries old treatise on urine colour analysis. #sca #TirRigh #AnTir #ceramics
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
If you see this, post your art with animals. #ArtShare #animals
Primitive fired pottery. A flask painted in red oxide, burnished, and then fired. The red changed to black. A sythian style goat scratched into the surface.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Working on my blue sunshade, complete with a semy of 8 pointed voided stars (Populace badge of Tir Righ). Based on a small background detail of a 12th century illumination. #TirRigh #mysca #antir #sca
Small detail of either a sunshade or an aframe tent from an central Asian illumination. The tarp is blue with a semy of possibly gold stars, has black rope stress patches at the ends, and is held up with red ropes and red poles.A blue tarp that is 7.5ft deep and 13 ft wide. A semy of white 8 pointed voided stars are being painted on surface.
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Mary Ostler @littlesthobo.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Got a scroll for my tents/encampments, and I got started working on my Kalkan heraldic shield project. #sca #MySca #TirRigh #AnTir
A scroll featuring a tent that incorporates  details from my timurid disked bell. The scroll was for the Kingdom of An Tir's  award for spiffy encampments. Its called the Righteous Rath. My kalkan shield project complete with the rattan reeds, a sample of winding techniques,  and the 4/8 cotton warp spools in royal blue, black, white, and mustard yellow.
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