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Floppy Ear Pottery

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Clay addict - sharing pottery advice - creating trendy & functional pottery - 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺 parent - software developer by day/potter by night https://FloppyEarPottery.com https://www.youtube.com/@floppyearpottery4192

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Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Oct 3

So honored to be part of this exhibit at Belger Arts in MO. My piece is available for sale on their website. Scrolling through the participating artists and their pieces, it looks like a beautiful show.

#pottery #moonjar #radioactive #ceramicarts #missouriart #clayaddict #clayart #missouriart

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Oct 2

The icebox is done!!! I am super excited by how it came out.

#pottery #potterystudio #vintage #antique #icebox #clayaddict #potterytools #classic #appliances #clay #ceramics #vintageicebox #northpole #restoration #laboroflove #studioequipment #chrome

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Sep 19

This is Daisy. She is a goofball.

#potterystudiodogs #doggy #daisy #coonhound #mutt #rescue #studiodogs #potterydogs #goofball #Happydog #coonhoundmix #claydog #dork #dogsofinstagram

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Sep 5

The doors are done. For pieces that are over 80 years old, they took the sanding really well making the high gloss paint look great.

#vintage #restoring #restoringvintagefridge #icebox #workinprogress #paintinf #spraypaint #magic #oldtonew #vintageicebox #newlife

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Sep 2

Starting to prime some of the pieces

#priming #prepping #painting #restoration #vintage #fridge #refinishfridge #restoringvintage

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Aug 22

Lamps anyone?

#lamps #vases #ceramiclamps #flowervase #pottery #cuttings #gardendecor #homedecor #tablelamp #ceramic #potterystudio #clay #handmadevase #homedecoration #potteryforthehouse

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Aug 15

The ice box restoration is coming along. Today, I scraped off some old paint, sanded the top, bottom, part of the front & part of a door. I also cleaned the hinges, screws, nameplate, and locking mechanism. Phew! I am tired.

#pottery #icebox #icechest #restoration #clayaddict #potterystudio #clean

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is my new vintage ice box. Picked it at an estate sale and will be using it to slow dry my pottery. What color should it be???

#pottery #potterystudio #vintage #antique #icebox #clayaddict #potterytools #classic #appliances #clay #ceramics

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Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yes!!! This is an amazing book. The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Aug 1

And the results are in...

Which ones do you like?

#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring #glazeresults #samplebottles #testtiles #glazetiles #cone6glaze

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Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 26

The approach of a thunderstorm

#clouds #thunderstorm #thunder #greyskies #lightening #booms

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 25

The test batch is done! Although, I had glaze catchers, I didn't need them, nothing overflowed! Stay tuned for the samples, some are freakin' amazing.

#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 22

She is done!!!! My next crystalline glaze test is complete. Stay tuned for the next batch. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #clay #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic #glazefiring #waiting

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 18

If you didn't know what I was making in my last post, here it is. It was one of many glaze catchers I made for my crystalline glaze tests.

#glaze #crystallineglazes #glazes #growingcrystals #crystals #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #cone6 #glazerecipe #glazemagic

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 11

Can you guess what this is? It is functional but will not in a way you may expect.

#pottery #whatisthis #whatamimaking #guessthepurpose #potterystudio #clay #functionalpottery #ceramicstudio #pots #claythings #studiotools #potterytools

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 3

Sometimes you just have to try it for yourself.

Crystalline Cone 6 Experiments - Part 2

#crystalline #glaze #pottery #potterystudio #glazerecipes #stoneware #cone6 #clayaddict #glazing #ceramic #chemistry #crystals #glazechemistry #crystallineglazes #oxides #clay #color

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jul 2

Having fun with pinstripe tape

#glazing #pinstripe #taperesist #lines #glazetechnique #glazingideas #pottery #potterystudio #howtoglaze #clayaddict #claylife #potterylife #makingitpretty #reveal

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Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jun 27

Studying crystalline chemistry

#alchemy #crystals #glazemagic #glazeformula #crystalline #glaze #potterystudio #pottery #clayaddict #crystalmagic #chemistry #kilnmagic #glazefun #glazenotebook #clay

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just got a new (but second hand) small pottery wheel! Someone bought it for their daughter, who never used it. Everything was still wrapped and sealed. 😁
Now I have the mama and the baby in my pottery studio. Excited to start creating! 🎨👐 #PotteryLife #Journey #PotteryStudio #pottery #ClayAddict

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you. I can't wait to glaze it!

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hand built vase/bottle using my handmade stamps and PVC pipe for the former. I like the repeating pattern that results.

#handbuilding #vase #bottle #potterystudio #pottery #clayaddict #stamped #pattern #repeatingpatterns

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Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · Jun 6

Prepping for test cycle 2 of my crystalline glazes. I selected the best ones from cycle 1 and am trying out some tweaks to the formula and firing schedule. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#crystalline #glazes #growingcrystals #cone6 #stoneware #stonewareglazes #pottery #potterystudio #clayaddict #mixingglazes #clay

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · May 30

All my test bottles, large vases, and some odds and ends are tucked into the kiln for their first fire. Waiting for some of them to dry before I turn it on. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#kiln #bottles #vases #testtiles #loadedkiln #pottery #potterslife #clayaddict #bowls #kilnfire #ceramicgoodies #potterygirl #mud

Load kiln with bottles, vases, and plates

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · May 11

Mother's Day started with a little kiln maintenance. Upgraded my controller from a Dynatrol to a Genesis. I wanted the larger segment control for my crystalline glazes. Bonus points for not setting my kiln on fire!

#pottery #potterylife #kiln #kilnmaintenance #kilnlife #crystalline #glaze #firing

Before images of my Dynatrol and the inside of the panel

After photos of the Genesis controller installed on my LL Kiln

Sigh of relief when the controller turned on and I was able to try a firing

Floppy Ear Pottery @floppyearpottery.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you!