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Mudwood Gnomes

@mudwoodgnomes.com
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Pottery studio in Port Townsend, WA continuing the vision of Laughin' Gnome Pottery after Founder Darby Huffman's retirement.

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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 10/10/2026
The orchid mugs are fired and ready to become earrings #minimug #handmadepottery
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 08/09/2026
We're holding a pumpkin themed pottery workshop on the 20th and 27th this September. Sign up at pigeonporch.com/page-5
A fall colored poster that reads:
Come Play, carve or paint your own terracotta pumpkin, September 20th and September 27th 2 to 4 pm.
Ages 5 to 500. Sliding scale pricing $60 to $150. Casual play shop. Sign up at pigeonporch.com
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 21/08/2026
Got my second go round of miniature dishes back from the kiln gods and I'm very pleased with the changes I'd made
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 19/08/2026
Art studio tour in Port Townsend this weekend, Aug 21-23 We're having an oddball sale for those one off projects
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 10/08/2026
Detailed a few #mugs this weekend #octopusmug #fuckice
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 07/08/2026
A light restock of the tea and wine cups available at www.mudwoodgnomes.com
Rows of terracotta cups with glazed rims sorted by rim color.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 29/07/2026
My #pigeon and tiny #songbird came out nice
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 25/07/2026
Rainbow #gnomemagnets in the works
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 07/07/2026
I had a busy weekend with the #gnomes and a few #pigeons. The gnomes on the mugs are smaller than usual and seem to have developed some legginess.😂
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 13/07/2026
I got #hedgehogs, #songbirds, a single pie gnome and a special #pigeon for my dolls made this weekend #piebird #clay
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 18/07/2026
Working on #corvids🐦‍⬛ today, have about 9 more to go. #smallbusiness, #handmadepottery, #gnomecore, #chimacum,
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 19/07/2026
All those clay balls need to become #seagulls. Hopefully I can finish them today #smallbusiness, #handmadepottery, #gnomecore, #chimacum,
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 17/07/2026
I made a funny little farting frog #teapet
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 02/07/2026
Specialty mugs with vines, birds and hedgehogs are coming your way!
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 03/07/2026
Specialty #mugs with vines, #birds and #hedgehogs are coming your way! #smallbusiness, #handmadepottery,
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 02/07/2026
Specialty #mugs with vines #birds and #hedgehogs coming your way!
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 16/06/2026
Got to try out some #terrasigillata today. They'll get rainbow spots and then fired. #gayfrogs
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 28/06/2026
Made some more 🐸 #clayfrogs #gayfrogs
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 18/06/2026
Found some mushroom houses by the sawdust. #fairyhouse #mushroom #pnw #nature
Mushrooms with holes that look like doorways.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 12/06/2026
Design tweaks to pride line where successful. Available online and at Sequim and Ballard Market. www.mudwoodgnomes.com/shop/drink-w...
Stemless wine cups made from vitrified terracotta with rainbow stripes down the side.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 03/06/2026
The kiln gods were kind and everything came out great! #smallbusiness, #handmadepottery, #gnomecore, #chimacum, #pnw,
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 03/06/2026
Pride collection update. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Rainbow themed cups, frogs, pendents and miniature mugs in an electric kiln.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 30/05/2026
Cloud got some color on my pride frogs! Pride Port Townsend WA June 6
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
Final layer of the kiln. Mugs! Mugs! Mugs! #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Vitrified terracotta mugs in an electric kiln.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
Fourth layer of the kiln, samples and test pieces for Pigeon Porch. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Vitrified terracotta cups, spoon rests, figures, sample tiles and a container with glaze decoration in an electric kiln.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
Third layer of the kiln mugs cups and baking dishes. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Vitrified terracotta mugs, cups and baking dishes in an electric kiln.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
Second layer of the kiln a half shelf of sample tiles. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Vitrified terracotta sample tiles with gloss glaze in an electric kiln.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
First layer of the kiln, not quite full really. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #potterywheel #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky #highfireterracotta #redware #smallbusiness #handmadepottery #gnomecore #kilnday #kilnunload #potterydrop
Vitrified terracotta baking dishes, bird house, fidget spinner and color sample tiles in an electric kiln.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 29/05/2026
Finally switched out the body on my Skutt kiln, had to shave down a custom sleeve to adapt the kiln sitter hole for the thermocouple and put new connectors on the wires.
A worn Skutt KM 1027 without a control boxA Skutt KM 1027 with fairly new brickThe inside of a barely used Skutt 1027 kiln body.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 23/05/2026
At the Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market today.
A farmer's market booth with terracotta pottery
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 07/05/2026
I've made two different gnome teabag buddies. Which one do you like
Green mug with gnome teabag buddyGreen mug with backside of gnome teabag buddy Mug with carnation decoration and gnome teabag buddy
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 02/05/2026
Our friend and fellow potter is opening a pottery paint bar featuring our pottery. Pigeon Porch in Port Townsend.
A shop window with pigeon illustrations and the words Pigeon Porch in blue.A shop window with pigeon illustrations and terracotta pendents.A shop window with pigeon illustrations and the words Pigeon Porch in blue.A shop window with terracotta pottery in it.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 29/04/2026
Some of my work in the morning light. The frogs will be rainbow glazed, if all goes well and available at Port Townsend Pride. #handmadepottery
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 22/04/2026
Getting ready for our "you glaze" shop opening in June. The Pigeon Porch in Port Townsend
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 21/04/2026
Samish Bay Cheese is changing ownership and Amber needs help keeping the doors open through the transition. Please help get the word out. gofund.me/a506cbf03
gofund.me
Donate to Sustain Samish Bay Cheese's Future, organized by Amber Young
Dear friends, customers, and members of our extended community: My name is Amber Herna… Amber Young needs your support for Sustain Samish Bay Cheese's Future
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 21/04/2026
Samish Bay Cheese is changing ownership and Amber needs help keeping the doors open through the transition. Please help get the word out. gofund.me/a506cbf03
gofund.me
Donate to Sustain Samish Bay Cheese's Future, organized by Amber Young
Dear friends, customers, and members of our extended community: My name is Amber Herna… Amber Young needs your support for Sustain Samish Bay Cheese's Future
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 20/04/2026
This weekend looks a lot like last weekend ( #gnomes, oh so many gnomes), with the addition of #frogs🐸😂
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 19/04/2026
Some tiny dishes with texture and glaze experimentation #handmadepottery,
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 16/04/2026
My slab built bowl warped, I'm not at all surprised, but I like it. The glaze done by @dawdling-sphinx.bsky.social turned out awesome
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 13/04/2026
#Gnome magnets in the making
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 10/04/2026
A robin nesting perch with decorative details. @potterygoblin.bsky.social threw the bowl that I modified and decorated
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 09/04/2026
Made some #pendants, trying to decide if we should add glaze. I want them to be able to accept natural oil scent. Thoughts?
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 01/04/2026
Put that new tabletop right to work cutting ware boards. #wip #pottery #ceramics #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky
A sheet of plywood clamped to a table with a straight edge ready to cut with the circular saw sitting atop it.
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Mudwood Gnomes @mudwoodgnomes.com · 01/04/2026
Putting a new top on the studio work table, just need to cover it in canvas now #wip #pottery #ceramics #pnwpotters #PottersOfBlueSky
A 6' by 4' plywood table awaiting a canvas cover.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 30/03/2026
This is actually how we got started making #birdhouses. A jug design with a loop for a twig perch and #gnome decoration. @potterygoblin.bsky.social threw the jug.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 28/03/2026
One of my textured bowls has gone through the kiln and come out looking pretty good
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 27/03/2026
It’s taken a hot minute to get back to the jingle bells. But I finally did and they all sound like brass bells! Even the two with minor cracks,(not in the pic), sound good.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 25/03/2026
I painted our logo last week. That's been on the to do list for too long @mudwoodgnomes.com
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 15/03/2026
Finally got a repeatable design that works for the yarn bowls.
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Seac (Shaq) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sinead.mudwoodcottage.com · 10/03/2026
My first red ware rose glazed in pink on a tiny birdhouse. (It's too small, but I'll hang it up anyway 😂)
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