iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Playing with weird new mug ideas - I’m firing electric for a while, and starting to work with color that isn’t brown or green (gasp!), and that seems to be inspiring a shakeup of form, too.

A greenware stoneware mug with a ledge bisecting the rim and handle on a banding wheel.

An overhead shot of an unfired stoneware mug with a horizontal line bisecting the interior and continuing up onto the handle.

The foot of an unfired mug with a line bisecting it vertically, with an artist’s signature on the right half of the foot and three square tripod feet on the other side

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

If anybody’s looking for me I’ll just be making tiny little scrap jars that bring me immense joy until 2029.

A 2.5 inch tall greenware jar with a lid with a small angular knob. Its surface has a rocky texture made out of black, white, grey, and yellow clays sitting in the center of a blue banding wheel.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Pottery by Japanese ceramic artist Miyashita Zenji, 1990s-2000s.

Square ceramic vessel with layers of colored clay forming a gradient moving from deep blue on the bottom up to green and creamy yellow, resembling a mountain landscape.

Rounded ceramic vessel with layers of colored clay forming a gradient moving from deep blue on the bottom up to purple and pink, resembling a mountain landscape.

Tall ceramic vessel with wavy curved sides and layers of colored clay forming a gradient moving from deep blue on the bottom up to purple and mauve.

Tall ceramic vessel split in the middle to form a slender "U" with layers of colored clay forming a gradient moving from deep blue on the bottom up to green and yellow.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

If you’re interested in seeing what we did but are not local to our corner of WA, you can see it online (and shop, should you so choose) here: www.goodearthpots.com/shop/dig-in-...

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Good Earth Pottery

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I’m not dead, I’ve just been working on this show with my friends, now up at @goodearthpottery.bsky.social featuring spoons & surface carving by me, cups & glazes by @atteberryclayworks.bsky.social, coasters by @emikomay.bsky.social, and plates & salt/pepper shakers by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social

A blue obelisk pepper shaker and an amber pyramid salt shaker sit on a blue, black, and white coaster.

Two cups, one blue and one amber, and a small porcelain bowl sit on a riser.

A stack of blue plates with rocky rims and crystals on the surface sit under a cherry spoon with a wiggly handle. Other tableware with similar motifs is visible in the background.

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mywife is soft nd ilikeher @liveonthesun.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

i've spent nearly every class in my master's program researching this shit & yes, it really does matter that libraries get supportive feedback from their patrons about things like queer programming & pride displays. libraries have tiny budgets & they need to know that the community is benefitting

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I am a simple man and all I want is a three chambered wood/soda/salt kiln, and a chihuahua rescue. However many chihuahuas you’re picturing, picture more. Just giant herds of chi mixes all being adorable little assholes, bossing each other around.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Yesterday’s SIP (spoon in progress) Having fun with these wiggly handles. #woodcarving #spoon #workinprogress

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Slowly but surely my @starflowerstudios.bsky.social space is coming together, just in time for a glazeathon.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This movie is SO good, and so extremely uncomfortable to watch in this particular political moment

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Just another little guy in progress for a firing coming up in May. Who knew making little guys would be this soothing? My recent practice has been to listen to a news update, then make a little guy, rinse, repeat. #ceramics #greenware #pottery #sculpture

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I already made ALL THESE SHAPES out of clay and my creative effort and now I have to choose colors that are highly unpredictable? Downright rude of ceramics.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When you’ve run out of excuses (and space) to avoid glazing #bisque #pottery #ceramics

A white shelf with bisqueware pots of various shapes and sizes on it

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Increasingly complete collection update (Every one needs a hobby, no?) #dolantools #toolnerd #potterytools

Five Dolan Tools knives on a green table

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

In 3rd grade I used to use my free period to go to the library, climb out the 1st floor window when the librarian wasn’t looking, and then would go to the public library and read until it was time to take the bus home. By grade 6 there was a warning in my school file about it.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

A tiny porcelain Trex with googly eyes and a gigantic butt, for some reason, made out of Takamori trimming scraps and waiting to be woodfired. #ceramics #pottery #starflowerstudios #dinosaurart #greenware #worksinprogress

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I can think of worse coping mechanisms (and ditto)

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Am I having NCECA fomo? Yes. Did I also finally find online the one Dolan tool I’ve been looking for for 4 years to complete my collection that coincidentally arrived at the same time? Also yes. #dolantools #toolnerd #pottersofbluesky

Will’s hand is holding a Dolan Tools 220c flexible blade knife with a cherry handle over a cardboard box with visible packing material

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

After I made this and actually looked at it I started laughing so hard that my husband and dog both heard and came in to my studio, concerned. #pottery #greenware #worksinprogress #potterofbluesky

An inexplicable stoneware bottle made from multiple clays with an organic stony texture

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Clay: A Human History by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Melancholy Wedgewood by Iris Moon, and Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of Enslaved Potter David Drake are three I’ve read recently that I liked & learned a lot from.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 21/03/2025

The AHA encourages historians to contact their representatives to protest the recent attack on the Institute for Museum & Library Services. The IMLS provides essential funding to libraries & museums in all 50 states and US territories. Read our action alert to learn how to support the IMLS. 🗃️

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Action Alert: Defend the Institute for Museum and Library Services

The American Historical Association encourages historians to contact their Congressional representatives to protest the recent attack on the very existence of the Institute for Museum and Library Serv...

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I made pots today for “the entirety of Patricia Wants to Cuddle on audiobook” hours

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Libby App @libbyapp.com · 17/03/2025

Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A work in progress - been working on these angly little cafe mugs for ages, but I think I finally made the right decisions on the shape, size, and handle. I’ve got a bunch of these that’ll be fired in wood/soda in almost exactly a month. #pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics #mug

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

(The following is not about pottery or books) 10 years ago on Pesach I had a very vivid dream that when we left the door open for Elijah Chuck Schumer came in & I yelled “GET OUT, CHUCK SCHUMER, YOU’RE NOT INVITED TO OUR SEDER” Anyway, that came to mind today for no particular reason.

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Carol @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

These fish cups will be in our show opening in person and online Saturday at @goodearthpottery.bsky.social . @emikomay.bsky.social did the drawings based on an 1850s German how-to book for housewives. These women did some serious labor. #fish #illustration #mug #mugs #art #prep #pottery #ceramics

Two stacks of 3 mugs each. These porcelain mugs have Japanese textile inspired designs on red lower halves and on the upper half a black ink like drawing of a fish being prepared for eating. The pictures are inspired by an 1850s German instruction manual for housewives.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Yes! also a big fan of XST04, the needle/scoring tool.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Dolan DPT 510, Mudtools yellow 3 rib, and Xiem’s XST23 modeling tool - I’d have to change my making methods if I lost those three.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation costs to another state because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and climate in their current state of residence."

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Keshet-HFLS “Move to Thrive” Interest-Free Loan Program - Keshet

Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

When things are slow, I sometimes start carving little spoons. If only clay were as portable and easy to clean up!

A pile of small curled basswood shavings on a brown piece of paper on a marbled counter top

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The breath I would’ve held while closing that lid…

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Sometimes it’s rainy outside and you’ve got a little lump of clay left after coiling something big and so you just need to make a silly little guy. Thinking of making a t-rex and brontosaurus to go with him. #handbuilding #pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #triceratops

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Slant @slantmagazine.com · 08/03/2025

The strange, bewitching, and sensuous Czech anthology film PRAGUE NIGHTS gets a beautiful new transfer and several illuminating extras courtesy of Deaf Crocodile. Available on Blu-ray on Tuesday. shorturl.at/I0j82

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Leli Ami - Amazigh Ceramic Artist @leliami-ceramics.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I’ve just begun a Pacific Northwest Ceramic artists Starter Pack. Hoping to build a supportive community for PNW artists here. If you’re a PNW clay artist and would like to be added to this starter pack, send me a message! All are welcome 🤗 go.bsky.app/6aV31Ct #pottery #pnw #pottersofbluesky

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Potter in Bellingham here. I’d love to be added!

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Update: Saved it! (Still greenware, just bone dry now)

A 5 inch high planter with sharp geometric angles and folds.

A 5 inch high planter with sharp geometric angles and folds seen from above.

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I love this one so much I keep picking it up at the gallery when I’m dusting. Such a good handle!

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Spent a productive afternoon carving planters and plates and couldn’t resist documenting this one perfect spiral from carving a perfectly leather hard porcelain plate #pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #claynerd #porcelain #artprocess

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Will Abraham @willabrahampottery.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I would but the other hand is wrecked from centering clay. It’s a real mind-body problem (my mind wants to Do Craft, my body is middle-aged and tired)

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