Bill Forst
@billforst.bsky.social
Ceramic Artist
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More 6”x12” ceramic tiles.
Lino block impression on the clay leaves raised lines. Underglaze painting on the clay tiles. After a slow drying out the clay tiles will be placed in a bisque kiln for the first firing which turns the clay tile into a ceramic tile.
Lino block impression on the clay leaves raised lines. Underglaze painting on the clay tiles. After a slow drying out the clay tiles will be placed in a bisque kiln for the first firing which turns the clay tile into a ceramic tile.
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
More 6”x12” ceramic tiles.
Lino block impression on the clay leaves raised lines. Underglaze painting on the clay tiles. After a slow drying out the clay tiles will be placed in a bisque kiln for the first firing which turns the clay tile into a ceramic tile.
Lino block impression on the clay leaves raised lines. Underglaze painting on the clay tiles. After a slow drying out the clay tiles will be placed in a bisque kiln for the first firing which turns the clay tile into a ceramic tile.
Successful Cone 05 glaze firing.
January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Successful Cone 05 glaze firing.
Gingers pendent drawing transferred to Lino block, impressed into clay slabs, cut into 6x12 tiles and glazed with cone 04 oxidation glazes. These 4 are ready for the final glaze firing!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Gingers pendent drawing transferred to Lino block, impressed into clay slabs, cut into 6x12 tiles and glazed with cone 04 oxidation glazes. These 4 are ready for the final glaze firing!
Gingers pendent drawing drawn and gouged onto Lino blocks. The Lino block is pressed into a clay slab. When lifted it leaves raised lines of various thicknesses.
Morning Glories and Hollyhock.
Morning Glories and Hollyhock.
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Gingers pendent drawing drawn and gouged onto Lino blocks. The Lino block is pressed into a clay slab. When lifted it leaves raised lines of various thicknesses.
Morning Glories and Hollyhock.
Morning Glories and Hollyhock.
Jan. 2, 2026
Ginger’s pendent drawings gouged into a lino block and pressed into a slab of clay. Producing a raised line clay tile.
Ginger’s pendent drawings gouged into a lino block and pressed into a slab of clay. Producing a raised line clay tile.
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Jan. 2, 2026
Ginger’s pendent drawings gouged into a lino block and pressed into a slab of clay. Producing a raised line clay tile.
Ginger’s pendent drawings gouged into a lino block and pressed into a slab of clay. Producing a raised line clay tile.
“Broken: Wheel in a Wheel”
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Broken: Wheel in a Wheel”
“Broken Water”
“Broken Wheels”
“Broken Clouds”
“Broken Wheels”
“Broken Clouds”
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Broken Water”
“Broken Wheels”
“Broken Clouds”
“Broken Wheels”
“Broken Clouds”
24 inch platters with underglaze painting, clear over glaze.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
24 inch platters with underglaze painting, clear over glaze.
“Rainmaker: Spiral Sky”
Ceramic Tile with a colored slip under painting covered with clear glaze. 16”x 24”
Ceramic Tile with a colored slip under painting covered with clear glaze. 16”x 24”
October 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Rainmaker: Spiral Sky”
Ceramic Tile with a colored slip under painting covered with clear glaze. 16”x 24”
Ceramic Tile with a colored slip under painting covered with clear glaze. 16”x 24”
“Broken Sky” Ceramic tiles, stencil, colored slip under painting, wax resist, clear glaze and black grout.
A winged being with bent knee reaches towards the deserts on a blue ocean world. Behind his outstretched wings a landscape recedes into the distance below a stormy broken sky.
A winged being with bent knee reaches towards the deserts on a blue ocean world. Behind his outstretched wings a landscape recedes into the distance below a stormy broken sky.
September 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Broken Sky” Ceramic tiles, stencil, colored slip under painting, wax resist, clear glaze and black grout.
A winged being with bent knee reaches towards the deserts on a blue ocean world. Behind his outstretched wings a landscape recedes into the distance below a stormy broken sky.
A winged being with bent knee reaches towards the deserts on a blue ocean world. Behind his outstretched wings a landscape recedes into the distance below a stormy broken sky.
“Broken Angel” ceramic tiles, colored slip underglaze painting with wax resist, clear glaze and black grout.
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Broken Angel” ceramic tiles, colored slip underglaze painting with wax resist, clear glaze and black grout.
“Rainmaker”
Ceramic Tiles, colored slip under painting.
Ceramic Tiles, colored slip under painting.
August 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Rainmaker”
Ceramic Tiles, colored slip under painting.
Ceramic Tiles, colored slip under painting.
“Intertwined “ Ceramic Tile,
15”x11”, Stencil and Colored Slips
15”x11”, Stencil and Colored Slips
July 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Intertwined “ Ceramic Tile,
15”x11”, Stencil and Colored Slips
15”x11”, Stencil and Colored Slips
“Flowers Moon and Stars”
A linoleum cut impressed into clay slabs, formed into ceramic tiles.
A linoleum cut impressed into clay slabs, formed into ceramic tiles.
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“Flowers Moon and Stars”
A linoleum cut impressed into clay slabs, formed into ceramic tiles.
A linoleum cut impressed into clay slabs, formed into ceramic tiles.
“Winged Figures” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile.
Colored slip under painting with glaze overpainting.
Colored slip under painting with glaze overpainting.
June 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“Winged Figures” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile.
Colored slip under painting with glaze overpainting.
Colored slip under painting with glaze overpainting.
“The Watchers” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting with colored glaze overpainting.
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“The Watchers” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting with colored glaze overpainting.
“A Watcher” A linoleum cut impressed into clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting with colored glaze overpainting.
June 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“A Watcher” A linoleum cut impressed into clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting with colored glaze overpainting.
“Horses, Flowers, Bull, Moon and Stars” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. The image depicts two symmetrical yellow horses, numerous orange flowers, a yellow bull, red stars and a pale yellow crescent moon.
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Horses, Flowers, Bull, Moon and Stars” A linoleum cut impressed into a clay slab. Formed into a ceramic tile. The image depicts two symmetrical yellow horses, numerous orange flowers, a yellow bull, red stars and a pale yellow crescent moon.
“Bull Moon and Stars”
A linoleum cut image pressed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting and clear glaze.
A linoleum cut image pressed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting and clear glaze.
June 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“Bull Moon and Stars”
A linoleum cut image pressed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting and clear glaze.
A linoleum cut image pressed into a ceramic tile. Colored slip under painting and clear glaze.
Sculling on the Arno River, Florence, Italy.
June 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Sculling on the Arno River, Florence, Italy.
Visiting the Museo de Bargello, Florence Italy.
“David” by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) Verrocchio ran a successful studio in Florence, his apprentices including Italian Renaissance artists Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli.
“David” by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) Verrocchio ran a successful studio in Florence, his apprentices including Italian Renaissance artists Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli.
May 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Visiting the Museo de Bargello, Florence Italy.
“David” by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) Verrocchio ran a successful studio in Florence, his apprentices including Italian Renaissance artists Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli.
“David” by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) Verrocchio ran a successful studio in Florence, his apprentices including Italian Renaissance artists Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli.
Work by Giovanni Della Robbia, Uffizi Gallery, Frienze, Italy
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Work by Giovanni Della Robbia, Uffizi Gallery, Frienze, Italy
A steady rain falling on the Arno River, Florence, Italy.
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A steady rain falling on the Arno River, Florence, Italy.