This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

The sticks are blooming and it's so pretty

Combined hobbies tonight and made some burnishing tools out of porcelain to use to finish my wooden spoons without sanding!

Wish I knew somebody who was in one of the two halls of Congress right now.

Spent the morning starting the process to turn this lot into a massive community garden that'll feed so. many. people. I wish I got an after shot but I'll be back. Physical work kept my mind off the shit storm that is... everything else.

In case it’s not totally clear, deleting websites and databases is the modern equivalent of burning books.

I just watched a man get into a gigantic truck and then do a 9-point turn to get out of his parking spot at the grocery store.

hey question, is this bad?

Took a break from throwing today and hand built some bowls! Laguna's dark brown clay is so satisfying to work with even though sometimes it looks like 💩

#clay #handbuiding

Undocumented immigrants deserve dignity not because of how their labor serves you and this country, but because we are human beings. But that seems hard to understand in a society that values people based on their productivity.

Work in progress at a stopping point until tomorrow. My thumbs hurt 😅

wood courtesy of @okonion.bsky.social

#woodcarving

I went to Italy in the fall to learn about wood firing in a train kiln and fell in love with the process. This piece has no glaze, all the color came from the wood ash and atmosphere of the kiln.

Anyone know where I can do more a little closer to home (DFW)? #woodfired #pottery

they simultaneously drive me bananas and keep me sane (color coordination was completely unintentional)

Protect this woman

Another one!

Peel garlic, put root side in water, put on window sill, and enjoy green garlic in a couple weeks! Here's day 4:

whittling wood > watching the inauguration