@octopotter.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, amateur potter.
Large cookie jar. It’s about 9 inches tall to the rim, 11 inch with the lid and it’s knob.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Large cookie jar. It’s about 9 inches tall to the rim, 11 inch with the lid and it’s knob.
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
Double walled vase with carved kelp forest theme. Carving this was a balance between trying to create a sense of depth and engineering it so that the outer wall didn’t collapse, all while keeping the clay at the right moisture level over multiple carving sessions spread over a couple of weeks.
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Double walled vase with carved kelp forest theme. Carving this was a balance between trying to create a sense of depth and engineering it so that the outer wall didn’t collapse, all while keeping the clay at the right moisture level over multiple carving sessions spread over a couple of weeks.
Octopus spoon rests
December 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Octopus spoon rests
Another mug in the fossils in sedimentary rock series. This one has insects.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Another mug in the fossils in sedimentary rock series. This one has insects.
news.illinois.edu/50-million-y...
news.illinois.edu/50-million-y...
Knitting bowl. Slip is used to add a bit of texture to the flowers which were done in underglaze and clear. The background is aqua celadon apply thick so that it crazed.
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Knitting bowl. Slip is used to add a bit of texture to the flowers which were done in underglaze and clear. The background is aqua celadon apply thick so that it crazed.
I’m quite a bit behind on posting pictures, but the studio is closed for the holidays so maybe I’ll catch up. Lizard “fossil” soup bowl - white slip on marbled clay
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I’m quite a bit behind on posting pictures, but the studio is closed for the holidays so maybe I’ll catch up. Lizard “fossil” soup bowl - white slip on marbled clay
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
Chimps are more rational than the average politician:
“Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds”
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
“Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds”
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence
Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds.
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Chimps are more rational than the average politician:
“Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds”
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
“Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds”
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
casserole dish. notice the tentacles escaping out the bottom.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
casserole dish. notice the tentacles escaping out the bottom.
Don’t mess with vipers: “the blunt-nosed viper accelerating up to 710 m/s2, landing a bite within 22 microseconds. All the vipers landed bites within 100 milliseconds of striking.”
Ars reporting on a paper in Journal of Experimental Biology.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Ars reporting on a paper in Journal of Experimental Biology.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
The highest scoring Boggle board, catching high-speed snake bites in action, and more.
arstechnica.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Don’t mess with vipers: “the blunt-nosed viper accelerating up to 710 m/s2, landing a bite within 22 microseconds. All the vipers landed bites within 100 milliseconds of striking.”
Ars reporting on a paper in Journal of Experimental Biology.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Ars reporting on a paper in Journal of Experimental Biology.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Out of the kiln this weekend. This was an exercise in layering colored slips and glazes to get variations in color and texture.
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Out of the kiln this weekend. This was an exercise in layering colored slips and glazes to get variations in color and texture.
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
New fossil theme handled soup bowl, with lizard “skeletons” on the sides
October 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New fossil theme handled soup bowl, with lizard “skeletons” on the sides
Halloween decorations (made last year)
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Halloween decorations (made last year)
Another work in progress. Marbled dark and light clay mug with slip trailed insects
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Another work in progress. Marbled dark and light clay mug with slip trailed insects
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My dearest Martha, I send you all my love from this war-torn ravaged place, where our hardships surpass comprehension. Yesterday, a barista gave me a whole milk latte when I specifically ordered skim. Later, a young woman with strangely colored hair glanced at me disapprovingly.
September 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My dearest Martha, I send you all my love from this war-torn ravaged place, where our hardships surpass comprehension. Yesterday, a barista gave me a whole milk latte when I specifically ordered skim. Later, a young woman with strangely colored hair glanced at me disapprovingly.
Work in progress: casserole dish with octopus lid
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#handmade
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#SciArt
#invertefest
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#SciArt
#invertefest
September 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Work in progress: casserole dish with octopus lid
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#SciArt
#invertefest
#pottery
#ceramics
#handmade
#pottersofbluesky
#SciArt
#invertefest
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a) Rebecca's thread is A++
b) yeah ok I'm a squid gal but can we talk whale size... this is a whale for whom a GIANT SQUID is a LITERAL MOUTHFUL
c) the footage is rare & exciting for us, but it's just tuesday snacktime for sperm whales. this mama could eat 7-8 giant squid PER DAY 🧪🦑🌊
b) yeah ok I'm a squid gal but can we talk whale size... this is a whale for whom a GIANT SQUID is a LITERAL MOUTHFUL
c) the footage is rare & exciting for us, but it's just tuesday snacktime for sperm whales. this mama could eat 7-8 giant squid PER DAY 🧪🦑🌊
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Work in progress finally on the greenware cart:
- handled ramen bowl, marbled clay with lizard “fossils” in white slip
- marbled clay trilobite and nautilus “fossil” mug
- handled ramen bowl, marbled clay with lizard “fossils” in white slip
- marbled clay trilobite and nautilus “fossil” mug
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Work in progress finally on the greenware cart:
- handled ramen bowl, marbled clay with lizard “fossils” in white slip
- marbled clay trilobite and nautilus “fossil” mug
- handled ramen bowl, marbled clay with lizard “fossils” in white slip
- marbled clay trilobite and nautilus “fossil” mug
Third times the charm on this yarn bowl: fired one more time after sanding smooth craters and dipping half way in a the coat of Noxema. The inside isn’t as pretty but the glaze is now smooth everywhere so it won’t snag yarn.
September 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Third times the charm on this yarn bowl: fired one more time after sanding smooth craters and dipping half way in a the coat of Noxema. The inside isn’t as pretty but the glaze is now smooth everywhere so it won’t snag yarn.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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September 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM