Will Abraham
@willabrahampottery.bsky.social
bookworm, potter, whittler, and horror movie enthusiast with an MLIS, raising house plants and chihuahuas in the PNW
Studio: @starflowerstudios.bsky.social
Gallery: @goodearthpottery.bsky.social
http://www.willabrahampottery.com/
Studio: @starflowerstudios.bsky.social
Gallery: @goodearthpottery.bsky.social
http://www.willabrahampottery.com/
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Hello, new folks! I’m a librarian-turned-potter making softly geological functional & sculptural pots in the PNW. I also read a lot. I’m a perennial student at Cohorts.Art, a potter at Starflower Studios, and an artist at Good Earth Pottery.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Playing with weird new mug ideas - I’m firing electric for a while, and starting to work with color that isn’t brown or green (gasp!), and that seems to be inspiring a shakeup of form, too.
August 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Playing with weird new mug ideas - I’m firing electric for a while, and starting to work with color that isn’t brown or green (gasp!), and that seems to be inspiring a shakeup of form, too.
If anybody’s looking for me I’ll just be making tiny little scrap jars that bring me immense joy until 2029.
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If anybody’s looking for me I’ll just be making tiny little scrap jars that bring me immense joy until 2029.
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Pottery by Japanese ceramic artist Miyashita Zenji, 1990s-2000s.
July 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pottery by Japanese ceramic artist Miyashita Zenji, 1990s-2000s.
I’m not dead, I’ve just been working on this show with my friends, now up at @goodearthpottery.bsky.social featuring spoons & surface carving by me, cups & glazes by @atteberryclayworks.bsky.social, coasters by @emikomay.bsky.social, and plates & salt/pepper shakers by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I’m not dead, I’ve just been working on this show with my friends, now up at @goodearthpottery.bsky.social featuring spoons & surface carving by me, cups & glazes by @atteberryclayworks.bsky.social, coasters by @emikomay.bsky.social, and plates & salt/pepper shakers by @phasesoftheyoon.bsky.social
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i've spent nearly every class in my master's program researching this shit & yes, it really does matter that libraries get supportive feedback from their patrons about things like queer programming & pride displays. libraries have tiny budgets & they need to know that the community is benefitting
hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
i've spent nearly every class in my master's program researching this shit & yes, it really does matter that libraries get supportive feedback from their patrons about things like queer programming & pride displays. libraries have tiny budgets & they need to know that the community is benefitting
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I am a simple man and all I want is a three chambered wood/soda/salt kiln, and a chihuahua rescue. However many chihuahuas you’re picturing, picture more. Just giant herds of chi mixes all being adorable little assholes, bossing each other around.
If you were a Bezos or Musk level of rich what frivolous thing would you do?
I don’t want all the goody cure world hunger/cure cancer stuff.
I want to hear the proper mad shit.
I don’t want all the goody cure world hunger/cure cancer stuff.
I want to hear the proper mad shit.
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I am a simple man and all I want is a three chambered wood/soda/salt kiln, and a chihuahua rescue. However many chihuahuas you’re picturing, picture more. Just giant herds of chi mixes all being adorable little assholes, bossing each other around.
Yesterday’s SIP (spoon in progress)
Having fun with these wiggly handles.
#woodcarving #spoon #workinprogress
Having fun with these wiggly handles.
#woodcarving #spoon #workinprogress
April 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yesterday’s SIP (spoon in progress)
Having fun with these wiggly handles.
#woodcarving #spoon #workinprogress
Having fun with these wiggly handles.
#woodcarving #spoon #workinprogress
Slowly but surely my @starflowerstudios.bsky.social space is coming together, just in time for a glazeathon.
April 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Slowly but surely my @starflowerstudios.bsky.social space is coming together, just in time for a glazeathon.
Just another little guy in progress for a firing coming up in May. Who knew making little guys would be this soothing? My recent practice has been to listen to a news update, then make a little guy, rinse, repeat.
#ceramics #greenware #pottery #sculpture
#ceramics #greenware #pottery #sculpture
April 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just another little guy in progress for a firing coming up in May. Who knew making little guys would be this soothing? My recent practice has been to listen to a news update, then make a little guy, rinse, repeat.
#ceramics #greenware #pottery #sculpture
#ceramics #greenware #pottery #sculpture
April 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Increasingly complete collection update
(Every one needs a hobby, no?)
#dolantools #toolnerd #potterytools
(Every one needs a hobby, no?)
#dolantools #toolnerd #potterytools
March 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Increasingly complete collection update
(Every one needs a hobby, no?)
#dolantools #toolnerd #potterytools
(Every one needs a hobby, no?)
#dolantools #toolnerd #potterytools
In 3rd grade I used to use my free period to go to the library, climb out the 1st floor window when the librarian wasn’t looking, and then would go to the public library and read until it was time to take the bus home. By grade 6 there was a warning in my school file about it.
Tell me an 'on brand' memory of your childhood.
(I named every fish in our 50 gallon tank after Mythological Greek gods).
(I named every fish in our 50 gallon tank after Mythological Greek gods).
March 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
In 3rd grade I used to use my free period to go to the library, climb out the 1st floor window when the librarian wasn’t looking, and then would go to the public library and read until it was time to take the bus home. By grade 6 there was a warning in my school file about it.
A tiny porcelain Trex with googly eyes and a gigantic butt, for some reason, made out of Takamori trimming scraps and waiting to be woodfired.
#ceramics #pottery #starflowerstudios #dinosaurart #greenware #worksinprogress
#ceramics #pottery #starflowerstudios #dinosaurart #greenware #worksinprogress
March 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A tiny porcelain Trex with googly eyes and a gigantic butt, for some reason, made out of Takamori trimming scraps and waiting to be woodfired.
#ceramics #pottery #starflowerstudios #dinosaurart #greenware #worksinprogress
#ceramics #pottery #starflowerstudios #dinosaurart #greenware #worksinprogress
Am I having NCECA fomo? Yes. Did I also finally find online the one Dolan tool I’ve been looking for for 4 years to complete my collection that coincidentally arrived at the same time? Also yes.
#dolantools #toolnerd #pottersofbluesky
#dolantools #toolnerd #pottersofbluesky
March 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Am I having NCECA fomo? Yes. Did I also finally find online the one Dolan tool I’ve been looking for for 4 years to complete my collection that coincidentally arrived at the same time? Also yes.
#dolantools #toolnerd #pottersofbluesky
#dolantools #toolnerd #pottersofbluesky
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One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe
After I made this and actually looked at it I started laughing so hard that my husband and dog both heard and came in to my studio, concerned.
#pottery #greenware #worksinprogress #potterofbluesky
#pottery #greenware #worksinprogress #potterofbluesky
March 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
After I made this and actually looked at it I started laughing so hard that my husband and dog both heard and came in to my studio, concerned.
#pottery #greenware #worksinprogress #potterofbluesky
#pottery #greenware #worksinprogress #potterofbluesky
March 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
March 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The AHA encourages historians to contact their representatives to protest the recent attack on the Institute for Museum & Library Services. The IMLS provides essential funding to libraries & museums in all 50 states and US territories. Read our action alert to learn how to support the IMLS. 🗃️
Action Alert: Defend the Institute for Museum and Library Services
The American Historical Association encourages historians to contact their Congressional representatives to protest the recent attack on the very existence of the Institute for Museum and Library Serv...
www.historians.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The AHA encourages historians to contact their representatives to protest the recent attack on the Institute for Museum & Library Services. The IMLS provides essential funding to libraries & museums in all 50 states and US territories. Read our action alert to learn how to support the IMLS. 🗃️
I made pots today for “the entirety of Patricia Wants to Cuddle on audiobook” hours
March 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I made pots today for “the entirety of Patricia Wants to Cuddle on audiobook” hours
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Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org
A work in progress - been working on these angly little cafe mugs for ages, but I think I finally made the right decisions on the shape, size, and handle. I’ve got a bunch of these that’ll be fired in wood/soda in almost exactly a month.
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics #mug
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics #mug
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A work in progress - been working on these angly little cafe mugs for ages, but I think I finally made the right decisions on the shape, size, and handle. I’ve got a bunch of these that’ll be fired in wood/soda in almost exactly a month.
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics #mug
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #ceramics #mug
(The following is not about pottery or books)
10 years ago on Pesach I had a very vivid dream that when we left the door open for Elijah Chuck Schumer came in & I yelled “GET OUT, CHUCK SCHUMER, YOU’RE NOT INVITED TO OUR SEDER”
Anyway, that came to mind today for no particular reason.
10 years ago on Pesach I had a very vivid dream that when we left the door open for Elijah Chuck Schumer came in & I yelled “GET OUT, CHUCK SCHUMER, YOU’RE NOT INVITED TO OUR SEDER”
Anyway, that came to mind today for no particular reason.
March 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
(The following is not about pottery or books)
10 years ago on Pesach I had a very vivid dream that when we left the door open for Elijah Chuck Schumer came in & I yelled “GET OUT, CHUCK SCHUMER, YOU’RE NOT INVITED TO OUR SEDER”
Anyway, that came to mind today for no particular reason.
10 years ago on Pesach I had a very vivid dream that when we left the door open for Elijah Chuck Schumer came in & I yelled “GET OUT, CHUCK SCHUMER, YOU’RE NOT INVITED TO OUR SEDER”
Anyway, that came to mind today for no particular reason.