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Be Art Ceramics @beartceramics.bsky.social · Jan 24
Clay teaches us that our imaginations are alive and will never fade.

#ceramics #landscapes #abstractart #lineart
Three cream vases of various shapes. All have small black speckles. Each is painted with a mix of abstract landscapes and buildings.
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📣 New website www.beartceramics.com. I'm excited to stop tip toeing around being an artist and explore why making is so important to me. Revamping my website was the first step in adding clarity to my online presence. Which is surprisingly hard to do.
Home Page - B.E. Art Ceramics
Black & queer ceramic & pottery landscape artist. Creative, beautiful, whimsical ceramic art. Studio art & home decor by Maya Iverson-Davis.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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gdbee.bsky.social
Photo study, added a pigeon witch
Photo study painting of a Buc-ee's mascot sign with "KEEP GOING" written underneath where a city's name would be. There are mountains, trees and sunset clouds in the distance. A pigeon themed witch sits on the sign. Drawn by gdbeeart, Aug 2025
August 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Excited to order Positive Obsession by Dr. Susana M. Morris from @sistahscifi.bsky.social !
sistahscifi.bsky.social Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social · Feb 21
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Credit to @susiemaye Y’all! I’m so excited to share this news. #positiveobsession  #sistahscifi #octaviaebutler 

@octaviaebutler @HarperCollins
July 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Personally, life has been lifing the last few months. I'm just grateful to be a part of a wonderful #pottery studio that took care of my pieces while I was figuring everything out.
Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. The studio is blurred out in the background. Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. There are three white vases with designs on them in the back and one to the side of this pot.
July 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
beartceramics.bsky.social
Studio day: Waiting for the second fire ✨️. I can see where the underglaze will fade a little more 👏🏾. Made with reclaim ...so... we have a surprise coming in the next few weeks 🫠. #excited #ceramics #pottery #art #landscapes
Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. The studio is blurred out in the background.
March 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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grumpydwarfpottery.bsky.social
Just a baby on the edge of the world
March 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Four test vases for a new project combining clay, text/emotion, and landscapes. I'm still working out my process for including text. But I think I like imperfect inlay. Next is a bisque fire and maybe another layer of underglaze or dip glaze. Or both #experiments

#pottery #ceramics #clay #art
Four small vases on a wooden desk with paint brushes and a silver bucket. Each has a different set of writing on them.
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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older.bsky.social
Oh, Insta isn't showing the preview? here you gooooooo
Book cover of WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older. Cover background is wavy lines and a few circles against a backdrop that ombrés through deep fuschsia-ish purple, bluey green, green, and sandy orange.
March 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
beartceramics.bsky.social
Suggestions please 🙏🏾

I'm reading "Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists" by donald a. clark and Chotsani Elaine Dean. It's BIG and worth the muscle I'll gain reading it.

I want to go down a rabbit hole so...What books about ceramic artists do you recommend?

#booksky #pottery #ceramics
March 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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i'm challenging myself to step out of my comfort zone (mugs + cups) to improve my teapot forms. not ready to commit, but am going to TRY and make a teapot every day.

This is unfired porcelain. decorated and ready for the kiln!

#pottery #art #kentucky #spring #horse #handmade #teapot #tea
March 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
beartceramics.bsky.social
Went to the studio and discovered most of my underglaze dried out 🤦🏾‍♂️. Had just enough to paint and start sgraffito designs on some vases. Lesson: check your underglaze.

#potterylesson #pottery #ceramics #vases #art
Studio photo of a vase in progress. The vase is sitting on a wooden table with a metal bucket, purple bag, and pottery wheels in the background. The vase is a rounded v shape with a narrow and small neck. The vase is painted in orange and white swirls on the bottom and middle and blue and white swirls on top. The middle of the vase has carved lines that look like small homes resting on a blurry landscape.
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
beartceramics.bsky.social
At work wondering if someone will flag my poster for saying "Black experiences" instead of "campus experiences"? I know the oppressive nature of suggesting people speak their truths, desires, and existence in the dark. It's not hyperbole. It's just a slippery slope.

#DEI #highered #deib #blackness
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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thereclaimed.bsky.social
Share more joy
Share more laughter
Share more warm moments
Share more good news
Share more humanity

There is more happening in the world than things that we are fighting against. We need more reminders of the things we are fighting for.
March 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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nnedi.bsky.social
The special edition from @gollancz.bsky.social of DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is so beautiful.

The sprayed edges are 🔥 and the circuitry on the cover make it look like a physical piece of tech (which goes right with the story).
Book showing sprayed edges Book showing sprayed edges Book showing sprayed edges and circuitry cover
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Design ideas for the vases patiently waiting for me at the studio. They're made of reclaim, but they should only be a shade or two lighter than these vases.

#excited #ceramics #joy #art #pottery #design #sgraffito
Two black cone shaped vases with wide mouths on a white platform and base. The vase is the foreground features swirls of orange, beige, and browns. Landscapes are etched into the swirls patterns. The vase in the background features blue and beige swirls with an abstract tree and buildings etched into the swirls patterns. Two black cone shaped vases with wide mouths on a white platform and base. The vase in the background features swirls of orange, beige, and browns. Landscapes are etched into the swirls patterns. The vase in the foreground features blue and beige swirls with an abstract tree and buildings etched into the swirls patterns. Rim close up of a glazed blacl vase. The glazes is an off white color and breaks over the edge of the rim. Two black cone shaped vases with wide mouths on a white platform and base. The vase in the foreground is at an angle on its side and resting against the second vase. It features swirls of orange, beige, and browns. Landscapes are etched into the swirls patterns. The vase in the background features blue and beige swirls with an abstract tree and buildings etched into the swirls patterns.
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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tananarivedue.bsky.social
While I was writing THE REFORMATORY, I learned that it's possible to talk a project to death. (It took me seven years.)

I came up with a rule that I couldn't talk about my WIP unless I had produced actual writing that day.
February 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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brambledragon.bsky.social
Neat idea. One piece from 2021-2024 #ceramics #pottery #art
A mossy green mug with an ornate spiral handle and an anthropomorphic frog wizard wearing a robe and leaving toadstool where it walks engraved on the mug A mossy green mug with an ornate spiral handle And a gnarly windblown tree engraved into the glaze A wood fired pot with a slightly draconic face sculpted into it and horns for handles A black stoneware jar, oval shaped, sitting on a cloth in the sun. The lid has a bonsai tree shaped handle.
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
beartceramics.bsky.social
Yesterday was all about trimming. Three of seven new pieces ready to glaze. The first two were hard to trim with loop tools. We survived 😅.

#pottery #ceramics #art
Three vases sitting on a table in a community studio. The last two are resting on a thin board. The first two have bottoms that round out a little and then pinch back in.
February 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
beartceramics.bsky.social
Entering the weekend a little angsty, with attitude, and ready for a nap. Weekend goals: clean art table so I can keep drawing, go to the studio, keep writing, make lemonade.

#rest #linedrawing #art #drawing
A line drawing of a person sitting facing the view. They look a little concerned or maybe like they are judging the viewer. They have one leg crossed in front of the other. Their elbow rests on this raised knee. They are leaning most of their body weight on their free hand. Their loose hair morphs into colorful buildings. The line drawing is filled with various colors. Not completely. Just some accent colors to make it interesting.
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
sharing a moment from the last @workingfamilies.org mass call i got to participate in. keep creating and learning loves.
February 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
beartceramics.bsky.social
I do this work. I know its impact on young people seeking to make a way for themselves & communities or seeking to continue legacies of achievement and social mobility. This isn't about merit. It's about restricting and hoarding the resources provided by higher ed.

#education #dei #access #bfrfr
Colleges, K-12 schools ordered by Trump administration to abolish DEI or face funding cuts
Schools are on alert after the Department of Education said it would cut federal funding unless they abolished diversity, equity and inclusion programs, potentially including culturally themed campus ...
www.latimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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mollympottery.bsky.social
Choose 20 pots/ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 14

Painted and carved this cup today! Excited to see how it goes post firings.

#pottery #handmade #underglaze
February 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
beartceramics.bsky.social
I gotta start using my mirror when throwing. My neck 😭.

#ceramics #pottery #potteryproblems
February 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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throwslikeagirlpot.bsky.social
I just added so many new pots to my shop in time for Valentine’s Day 💌

throwslikeagirlceramics.com

#ceramics #pottery #handmade #art
February 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM