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BWD Art
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Small Batch Potter and disc golfer in MN
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Art maker in ceramics, leather and wood

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Now available. Simple but beautiful glaze effects.

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/4308...

#art #bwdartco #ceramics #pottery #artstudio #artist
Beige ceramic cup
May 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Newly posted for my #gardening friends. Honeybee or bumblebee, this should make them feel welcome!

Plant in directly or use a liner pot.

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/4306...

#plants 🌱🪴🍄 #pottery
Yellow and black glossy planter with saucer Rear view of plant pot in yellow and black Inside view of pot designed to prevent overwatering and to allow bottom watering. The built in saucer catches water when too much.
May 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Pestle perplexity

my #potter peeps. I want YOUR stories.

My first day throwing in my outside space this year, working on new mortars and #pestles, an unfamiliar neighbor passes by and SCOLDS me for making *ahem* plugs in public.

I thanked her for the insight into her mind.

What’ve you heard? 🍽️
Five wet clay pestles drying outdoors
May 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Attention fiber artists. 🧶 Righties or lefties, knit or crochet or macrame, hope I didn’t miss your #art but if I did please tell me you exist.

Got a big one listed for you. Yarn bowls keep your fiber close -although they’re not cat proof.

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/2715...

#pottery #ceramics
Pink and white yarn bowl shown from above. Side view of yarn bowl showing the swirl cut which guides yarn in use.
March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Here we used a #woven net of some sort to apply orange underglaze to a basic brown bottle. It really takes it to another level!

Where do we get nets like that? Anywhere. Old doilies. Fruit bags from the grocer. Garden supplies.
#MakersMARTch #mARTch
#shopSmall
bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/1244...
#pottery bottle. Tan clay with orange grid decoration. #clay growler reverse view.
March 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow #spring is the time for this cherry blossom teacup made in collaboration with me and an art friend.

Maybe it’s plum. Or another fruit. But definitely springtime.
Coming soon in a shop update.

#art #ceramics #flowers 🌱

bwdartco.etsy.com
Small #pottery #tea bowl with hand carved pink cherry blossoms and branches against a light green background. #clay cup reverse side view. Fruit tree branch with pink buds.
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Here we used a #woven net of some sort to apply orange underglaze to a basic brown bottle. It really takes it to another level!

Where do we get nets like that? Anywhere. Old doilies. Fruit bags from the grocer. Garden supplies.
#MakersMARTch #mARTch
#shopSmall
bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/1244...
#pottery bottle. Tan clay with orange grid decoration. #clay growler reverse view.
March 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow #spring is the time for this cherry blossom teacup made in collaboration with me and an art friend.

Maybe it’s plum. Or another fruit. But definitely springtime.
Coming soon in a shop update.

#art #ceramics #flowers 🌱

bwdartco.etsy.com
Small #pottery #tea bowl with hand carved pink cherry blossoms and branches against a light green background. #clay cup reverse side view. Fruit tree branch with pink buds.
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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One of the best things out of a recent glaze firing is this #pear shaped glass. The glaze melded perfectly and I adore it.

#FebruArty #art #pottery #artYear #ceramics
Closeup of #porcelain cup with raised slip decoration and a mix of tan and blue glossy glazes
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Cake plate coming out of bisque today. It looks great until I tilt it just slightly and the knob decoration slides right off onto concrete.

Using two types of clay and trying to marry them is very hard because they dry at different rates and shrink differently but it looked so nice….😭😢😫 #artfail
Overhead view of kiln interior. A large brown dome has a white #octopus with blue rings on top of it. 🦑 Various other #pottery pieces are visible. Overhead view of brown pottery dome without octopus….instead some octopus shaped #porcelain #ceramics residue lingers.
February 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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After making some mistakes in firing my first effort at a cake plate for my wife (she requested an extra tall dome to fit faaaaancy baking), the second has better sculpting and is looking good.

#FebruArty #FishyFeb #art #pottery #sculpture #ceramics
Above view of leather hard tortoise cake plate with octopus knob 🦑 Front view of tortoise sculpted face
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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#februArty day 14: pair
I do so many one-offs that it feels matching items are relatively rare. So I don’t split up pairs once I put them together. They are often not identical but fraternal twins!

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/1838...
#art #beer #pottery #ceramics #coffee
Pottery cups (2) in a glossy pink-red-purple glaze that makes luscious variations unique to each piece. Ceramic beer stein couple in rich brown and hazy blue glazes. Barrel shape. Two ceramic drinking glasses. They’re glazed in a gloss mustard yellow with raised dots for ergonomic grip. The base has copper glaze and the rim a highlight of drippy blue. Pair of pottery coffee mugs. Half bare clay and half pink glazed with drips. Squared handles. Mid century modern vibe.
February 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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#februArty day 14: pair
I do so many one-offs that it feels matching items are relatively rare. So I don’t split up pairs once I put them together. They are often not identical but fraternal twins!

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/1838...
#art #beer #pottery #ceramics #coffee
Pottery cups (2) in a glossy pink-red-purple glaze that makes luscious variations unique to each piece. Ceramic beer stein couple in rich brown and hazy blue glazes. Barrel shape. Two ceramic drinking glasses. They’re glazed in a gloss mustard yellow with raised dots for ergonomic grip. The base has copper glaze and the rim a highlight of drippy blue. Pair of pottery coffee mugs. Half bare clay and half pink glazed with drips. Squared handles. Mid century modern vibe.
February 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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nora.zone
nora.jewelry

some currently available stuff

shares appreciated
photo collage for nora.jewelry of various pendants, a bolo tie, some cufflinks, some game tokens and a heart
February 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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#FebruArty
Orange pot!
…yeah that’s all I’ve got. Any suggestions for marketing words?

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/1823...

#art #pottery #ceramics #gardening 🪴🌱 #succulents
Orange plant pot with metallic rim
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Threw this bowl with multi walled #rings, then my wife modified it. It never quite became functional but that’s ok.

#pottery #FebruArty #art #ceramics #rose #gardening
Ceramic art piece of a red rose with white edges petals in a wider green dish
February 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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#FebruArty #artYear #pottery #ceramics

Sometimes I miss doing reduction, but I don’t have my old favorite glazes in stock anymore.
Little clay vase with flowers
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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When we had to quarantine at the start of the pandemic in 2020, my 5-yr-old and I used to turn boxes into rooms and tape them to the outside of our window. Then we would put birdseed on the floor and sit and wait for birds to visit. Here’s our very first visitor — a chickadee! #FebruARTy #ArtYear
A cardboard box colored with black sharpie and watercolor paint to look like a living room. There are little paintings all over the wall that have been drawn by a child. There is an open green door cut into the back of the box. A small black, white, and gray bird has landed inside to eat the birdseed on the floor.
February 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Ah, the #puzzle of “what glaze was that again?” When I try to describe items for sale.

What color does it look like to you?

bwdartco.etsy.com/listing/2068...

#FebruArty #art #pottery #ceramics #clay
Side view of ceramic mortar with pestle. It is glazed in a greenish purple mix.
February 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The eyes have it.

#FebruArty2025 #art #FebruArty #pottery #ceramics 🦑🍽️☕️

Apologies for my photography 🤣
Ceramic cups with eyeballs in them
February 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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#FebruArty2025
#artyear
#FebruArty
#pottery #ceramics #art #clay
Pottery bowl with red lobed petals in glazes on the inside
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces you’ve made. Share one piece per day for 20 days, no particular order.

Day 17 Snowman Candy Jar

#20pots #amaco #seattlepotterysupply #seamix #pnw #pottery #wheelthrown
February 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#FebruArty2025 day 4: purple

Lilac lavender plum aubergine mauve periwinkle

What’s your favorite version of purple?

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#FebruArty #art #pottery #ceramics #kitchen
Clay mortar and pestle Porcelain cup with pinky purple streaks Pottery bowl with carved flowers in purple and beige Giant ceramic mug with splashes of turquoise and two purple glazes against a white body
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A melanistic bobcat today. Melanism occurs in a lot of feline species, but is usually very rare - and the bobcat is no exception to this, with only some 20-40 recorded individuals.

Card will be sold to raise money for wildlife conservation.

#SciArt #wildlifeart #art #cat #mammals #drawing #bobcat
February 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#FebruArty2025 day 4: purple

Lilac lavender plum aubergine mauve periwinkle

What’s your favorite version of purple?

www.bwdart.com

#FebruArty #art #pottery #ceramics #kitchen
Clay mortar and pestle Porcelain cup with pinky purple streaks Pottery bowl with carved flowers in purple and beige Giant ceramic mug with splashes of turquoise and two purple glazes against a white body
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM