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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · 11d

Himiko came out (mostly) how I wanted!

#Ceramic sculpture of Queen Himiko from #Okami, Sybil's Midfire to cone 5. Loooots of Amaco glazes on this one. If you want the deets, they're on my GlazeShare (handle is ivorysheik).

I did try airbrushing on this, but my test piece came out better :/

#art

A sculptural bust of Queen Himiko from the video game Okami.

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Trinity_Embers (トリニティー・エンバーズ) @trinityembers.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy 19th Anniversary, Ōkami!

For this anniversary, I hand-sculpted and glazed an idol of Shiranui out of Dillow White clay.
Ōkami is an absolute masterpiece, and I urge everyone to play it before the sequel comes out!

#Ōkami #Okami #大神 #陶芸 #clay #ceramics #art #Okami19thAnniverasy #大神19周年

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · 25d

Upside down bats are hard lol

Ceramic pumpkin jar from a workshop. Currently greenware using Laguna Sybil's White, will hopefully survive the bisque. Originally was going to be a jack-o'-lantern but someone wanted to see how I do my bats.

Next time I'll probably assemble the bat before attaching.

A ceramic pumpkin that has yet to be fired. A bat (the flying mammal variety) is attached on the right side with its wings spread out.

A bat hanging upside down on the pumpkin's stem. Its wings are folded around itself.

A close-up of the upside down bat's head, slightly out of focus.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · 25d

I just saw the kiln loading posts and always love your komainu and was gonna even ask if one of them were a shino! Fantastic work as always!

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Sep 21

This is adorable 😭❤️

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Sep 12

#Okami #Amaterasu ceramic box, finally glaze fired! #Amaco Satin Mattes white and black marble poured on the box. Ammy is SM White with #Chrysanthos One-Stroke for a faux majolica effect. Reflector is Chrys. SE Adamite, flames are #Mayco Stroke and Coats. Reclaim & Little Loafers, cone 5.

#art #box

A ceramic box made from two hexagonal boxes merged together. The box is a marbled black and white with a sating finish, and Amaterasu from the game Okami sits atop the lid.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Sep 12

Little test tile piece. 🦇 is #Amaco SM Black with VUGS on top for faux majolica. Vase is Purple Crystal, eyes are Obsidian, nose and ears same VUG mixture. Back is Ritual's Black Puff (do not like)

Reclaim, cone 5. #ceramics #pottery #art #HowIAmaco #BatsInArt #ChiropteraArt

Front view of bat vase, slightly from above.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Sep 7

For #MinCup25 all I can say for the current bracket, as nicely as possible, is that some of y'all are taking one for the team by being objectively wrong and I thank you for that. With all the love in my heart, please don't let over half of my students beat my bracket again 🥲also vote hematite idk

A filled-in bracket for the 2025 Mineral Cup. A number of the minerals are crossed out as they have been eliminated already.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Aug 30

With the #MinCup25 coming up soon, there's probably going to be a non-zero number of mineral posts this month. Make sure y'all vote each day!!! (and also, you should make your own brackets as well)

A filled out bracket for the 2025 Mineral cup, which has Azurite predicted as the winner.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Aug 20

I forgot to post a bisque pic, but she's mostly glazed! Trying out some majolica this time on #Amaco Satin Mattes (and some marbling too). UGs are #Chrysanthos One-stroke. Now just needs some S&Cs and she'll be back in the fire!

#Pottery #Handbuilt #Ceramics #Okami

A ceramic sculpture of Amaterasu from Okami sitting atop a lid to a ceramic box. She has had glazes applied, but has not been fired yet. The lid has had glaze poured on to create a marbling effect.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Aug 19

We ran out of clay, so I kinda have to say she's finished lol.

Here's hoping she survives the firing.

A leather-medium clay bust sculpture of a woman with long hair, robes and a magatama bead necklace. Atop her head sits a pure and a small circular mirror.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Aug 15

Loving the teeth! Really brings the whole head together. Can't wait to see the finished piece!!!

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Aug 1

This was actually painful to build. Idk the clay, but it refused to stick to itself. Originally head looked more complex but continuously fell apart.

I can't wait to drive her back across town while holding my breath so she can be fired later lol.

#art #ceramics #sculpture #okami #amaterasu #clay

A close up picture of a ceramic sculpture of Amaterasu from the video game Okami. The sculpture is in the greenware stage and is atop a ceramic box.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jul 31

Current WIP for a sculpture class. It'll (hopefully) look a lot better next week after I've had some time to clean it up a bit lol.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jul 28

One of my fave things in ceramics to do is to create some quick maquettes when I'm waiting for things to dry. #art #ceramics #pottery

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jul 27

They aren't exactly perfect matches, but I know the AMACO Celadon line is mixable and could give you potentially close results and are very stable glazes. Otherwise, the Stroke and Coat line can fire to cone 6 and has a few pinks & purples that don't seem to fire out (and are also mixable).

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jul 24

How compatible are the glazes? The purple is a tad too purple to me (matches more with the shadow region), so maybe mix or layer it with some of the pink?

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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · Jun 25

Intermittent reminder that Bluesky has a feed dedicated to bat stuff and you should probably like it, bats are great bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jun 18

#handbuilt #ceramic #sculpture of a bat inspired heavily by @serenamalyon.bsky.social 's incredible "Stargaze" 🦇

All #Amaco glazes. Most is SM Black (which normally is my fave, not loving here). Eyes and ears are Obsidian under Sapphire Float, Smokey Merlot, and Cosmic Tea Dust. Reclaim, ^5

#art

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Tracy Jacoby 🏺🥋🌈 @tracyj-pottery.bsky.social · Jun 16

Amaco Satin Matte Black and Teal Drift on Fool’s Gold clay.

#amaco #seattlepotterysupply #foolsgoldclay #pnw #pottery #wheelthrown

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jun 18

#handbuilt #ceramic vase, featuring a 🦇

Bat is #Amaco Vintage Gold, green is #Mayco Green Tea. Reclaim, fired cone 5.

#art #vase #howiamaco

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jun 18

#handbuilt #ceramic test tile (oops it ran)

I was meaning to use Snowflake White, but this looks a lot like #Amaco Supernova. Poured over multiple washes (Random mix, yellow ochre, brownstone, light rutile), and then some chrome on the inside.

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Sheik @sheikthesheikah.bsky.social · Jun 18

#handbuilt #ceramic vase

Mostly happy with this one, especially considering it was gonna be a test tile.

Cobalt wash applied liberally, then dipped in #Mayco Stoned Denim (overlap in middle) with a light chrome wash on top. Wish I used more Chrome.

Reclaim, cone 5

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jun 13

🦇 Have you explored our eLearning platorm yet? We have some amazing webinars and training courses on there for you to explore: learn.bats.org.uk/collections

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Trinity_Embers (トリニティー・エンバーズ) @trinityembers.bsky.social · Apr 19

Happy 19th anniversary Ōkami!
I made this little pot in celebration. I can't believe it's been so long already! I had the OST playing throughout the week in my studio and every time "Reset~Thank You Version" came on I cried LOL
I will post a video of the pot in the comments!
#Ōkami #大神 #Pottery #陶磁器

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