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ahhh yeah i definitely feel you on the glaze running thing. my throwing teacher once told me that the more matte-looking glazes are the least prone to running, and vice versa, but i have no idea how accurate that is as a general heuristic

also, if you want super thin lines, i recommend using pinstriping tape instead of masking tape

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feel free to steal it! i don’t own the concept of grids haha ☺️

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i have a couple more mugs going into the kiln this week. fingers crossed they turn out okay 😬

A pair of bisque fired stoneware mugs, ready for glaze firing.

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

the birth cycle of a handmade mug. it's so nice to be back at pottery studio again.

A stoneware mug, at the leather-hard stage.

A bisque fired stoneware mug. It has been covered in a grid of thin masking tape.

A stoneware mug, in the process of being decorated. It is glazed in a multicoloured tiled pattern.

A stoneware mug, fully finished. It is glazed in a multicoloured tiled pattern.

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New crossword is out. Today's puzzle features witches for hire, Canadian tuxedos, and late night delves down Wikipedia. Happy solving ✍🏾 www.zerofiftyone.net/party-on-whe...

A crossword grid with 34 Down highlighted. The clue is "Animals who are near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other" (4)

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

a couple of baking successes from this week: pumpkin + oatmeal cookies and ube cookies 🍪

A tray of pumpkin and oatmeal cookies with a brown butter icing

A tray of bright purple ube cookies, with an icing sugar crinkle topping

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Lil AVCX @lilavcx.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Today's puzzle is an 11x11 by roster member Ben Wilson (@zerofiftyone.bsky.social), titled "A Lot to Unpack." In this fun, breezy puzzle, Ben once again wows us with his ability to connect an amazing number of unrelated entries together through clever cluing angles.

Crossword puzzle with 3-Down highlighted: [New parents in Scotland receive a basic one for free, along with clothes and other supplies] (4 letters)

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

whenever i make a cup of tea i’m unable to shake the thought that the tetley tea mascots were just british mario and luigi

Picture of the (now discontinued i think?) Tetley tea mascot characters

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right! it instantly puts things into perspective

it was so cool and cathartic to relive the beats of development as told through build progress. the first build with non-placeholder art. the first build after we finally got rid of a longstanding bug that we'd all had to get used to for months. the first build with @elirainsberry.com's music in it!

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around the launch of my last shipped game, i put on a presentation for the team where i dug up old builds from the last 3 years and played them in chronological order on a long project you forget all the small (and big!) changes that get made over time and it’s rewarding to see how far you’ve come!

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this is great, and a reminder that it’s always valuable as a dev to keep hold of stuff that tells the story of how your game was made

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

this is great. i love to see development history documented like this 🙏🏾

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ahh i did wonder if there was an influence! i love to see an individual person’s fingerprints on a piece of work so this made me v happy. congrats on release btw!

Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

skin deep has such a cool approach to crediting individual level designers. nobody does tongue-in-cheek diegetic stuff quite like @blendogames.bsky.social. truly the best to ever do it.

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

New crossword is out. This week's puzzle features Cluedo, Mortal Kombat, and breaking into "the mainframe". I took a break from constructing because things have been 🎢 lately but I'm glad I was able to put something out this week. Happy solving ✏ www.zerofiftyone.net/currant-affairs/

Crossword with 23 Down highlighted. The clue is 😂 (or 💀, depending on your age bracket) (4)

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

crossword will be late again this week. i've been pretty stacked lately so i might have to switch from a weekly to a weekly-ish cadence at this rate

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I get a lot of use these days out of photopea, as a quick web-based photoshop replacement

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

thanks so much for the lovely words! i’m so glad you enjoyed the puzzle 😊🙏🏾

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

good post. as someone who attended and became aware of bad behaviour almost immediately after arriving, i’m surprised to be seeing a statement like this from them, esp 8 months after the fact. late is def better than never though. i do hope they’ve also reached out in some way to the affected folks

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

i just realised that i logged off, went to bed and totally forgot about this lol. sorry! this isn't the exact recipe i used but it's very close to it ryannordheimer.com/lemon-mering...

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Lemon Meringue Pie Cookies - Ryan Nordheimer

Transcendent lemon meringue pie cookies that are perfectly sweet, tart, and rich

Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New crossword is out. This week's puzzle features Daniel Kaluuya, cubist art, and gummy bears. Happy solving ✏ www.zerofiftyone.net/mental-notes/

Crossword with 8 Down highlighted. The clue is styled like a Windows XP error message, and says [crossword.___ has encountered a problem and needs to close (3)]

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

took a short break from mug making to throw this set of little plates (and garlic grater)

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Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

my favourite are lemon meringue cookies. they’re fussy to make but they’re v delicious (also, using a blowtorch to toast the meringue topping is always fun)

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ahh thank you Pip 💛💛💛

Haha ty Myriame! i’m gonna try and figure out how best to send pottery overseas and if it’s not too much hassle at a small scale i’ll make you one!

ahh tysm Saleem that’s so nice of you to ask! i don’t atm but maybe i should figure out the logistics of how to send mugs overseas and all that 🤔 i’ll get back to you if it’s doable!

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so happy for you folks! i was glad to see it in the final shortlist after sitting on the jury team this year, and it seems as though i wasn't alone there! congrats :)