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i’m super excited to be part of this exhibition at Craft Contemporary! my work LOVES being in LA. (i’m jealous i can’t be there with it.) an opening reception on Feb. 1. you should go, and TELL ME HOW IT LOOKS! . . #claybiennial @craftcontemporary #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf https://www.instagram.com/p/B7sHrTBJZS-/?igshid=1onpf84drv2q2

i should teach Anatomy someday. . . #porcelain #hair #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MZsYdpesQ/?igshid=1jcwbzb21rdhm

still shootin. this image has me thinking about christmas cards. #toyouandyours. before you ask, those are my long ass eyebrows, plucked and inserted. they were beauties, but now i’m out. #worriedaboutthefuture. . #porcelain #eyebrows #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical ##contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BQBV6AmYg/?igshid=1imkk566q0nvj

shootin work. 🔫 . nice to skip the #wip tag once in a while. . #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B58CUbLgi50/?igshid=1i9vqxtyzd005

greenware deet. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4K-KX1gDml/?igshid=1l7my2i2gfchd

detail. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-ApTBgczC/?igshid=1f59810v9w7tt

I KNOW. i know. a football corset. shit. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tFG7OA75z/?igshid=14oanw0j6tfkc

Andrew Stansbury (@andrew_leo) got this wonderful shot of “Strut” in front of stunning artwork by Alyssa Baguss (@alyssabaguss). goddamn Andrew! 🤘✨🤘 • from the “Up Close and Personal” show in Morris, MN. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at University of Minnesota, Morris) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e2IIngXtz/?igshid=15i2jhf7dm68b

🔊🤘🔊 i didn’t mean for this clip to be so violent. i feel bad for this little fella. all confrontational, up in his face, then steal his lunch money and push him over. left there, exposed. i’m an asshole. • song: “Best Clockmaker on Mars,” Sturgill Simpson. #makeartnotfriends • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf #sturgillsimpson (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3OWf7ug1Xk/?igshid=1uzbwbadk8vym

thanks @hieronymusobjects, for showing these old friends. “Age,” and “Squeeze” in very good company. original post:TONIGHT is the reception for Stranger Beings 5-8 pm @emily_davis_gallery. See you there! #strangerbeings #hieronymusobjects #kikismith #jasonbriggs #jackthompson #hsinyihuang #kellymclaughlin #tiptoland #cindywright #lisaalonzo #josephseigenthaler (at Akron, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KHcZFgI5-/?igshid=1e71n53f8pcro

finishing with luster. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IGj_aAt_k/?igshid=10qdn516uxnmx

i haven’t had SIX pieces on display for a long time. nice to have a stockpile resulting from the long slow burn of child-rearing. • jason ramey (@jasonrameymn) took this shot of “Paris” at the “Up Close and Personal” show. @betsyalwin sculpture in background. • • #daysarelongyearsareshort #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird ##jasonbriggsparis #wtf (at University of Minnesota, Morris) https://www.instagram.com/p/B20GWK5AdQ0/?igshid=mwx95x5v78dj

polished porcelain: sandpaper + elbow grease + sweat + hot fingers + sore joints + future arthritis = 😌 • • #wip #polished #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oxF6NgciG/?igshid=bxu7o45b206o

🤘🔉SOUND🔊🤘🔊TAP🔊🤘 I love the look and feel of refined porcelain, but sometimes a hair falls in your teacup. the fact that it's a fine, pure clay seems to encourage subversiveness. • regarding the form: sometimes I'm accused of "over-referencing" the female anatomy. lord please don't make me keep score. SONG: "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down," Jumpin' Bill Carlisle. • • #wip #porcelain #hair #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf #jasonbriggsstrut (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XtHcfAlLq/?igshid=b70fps5wsq7b

because nature. • • #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IKKemgrit/?igshid=tf4lqaxpjlbx

a newly groomed object of self-admiration. whatever that means. second image was posted a few months ago, leather hard. • • #wip #porcelain #flesh #texture #contemporarysculpture #highfire #bizarre #ceramics #art #erotic #anatomical #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #detail #mixedmedia #grotesque #abject #figurative #surrealist #weird #wtf (at Rockerville, South Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FzXXZgXXi/?igshid=3mne6fun9rjd

if you don’t know Charlie Olson’s pots, he’s not losing sleep over it. but it makes me a little angsty. he’s been making them since before i was alive, and jesus he’s pretty good at it. since i took his Clay 1 class (‘92) we’ve remained tight. he’s not a big “self-promoter” (facebook gives him the hives), but i like to sing his praises. this is cone 10 porcelain in oxidation. if i drink too much, it’s partly due to his pots. we fans—many former students—tend to sing his mentorship praises the loudest. but i just visited, and his work kinda scolded me. “Hey dumbshit,” it said. “Over here.” • • #charlieolson #potter #potterymentor (at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0sJhD1gseB/?igshid=1jj8f8egw97da