#ceramiccasualties

Pen is mightier . #beautifulmess #ceramiccasualties #arbitrarydisaster #porcelain #studiolife #porcelain #almosthandmade #longlivethispost (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNNzquATpn/?utm_medium=tumblr

Ya win some, ya lose some 🤷‍♀️ RIP cakestands (I actually blew up 2 cakestands and 3 serving bowls... should have candled but didn’t want to come back to the studio at night and shut the kiln so I just fired regular cycle 🙄) #lazymistakes #potterslife #dontrush #ceramiccasualties (at Twisp, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Ks6XXgmNH/?igshid=156vl88gaehx

Second photo by Jason Troff

Hey! If you’ve seen my stories this weekend, you know I had a kiln controller plug meltdown during a firing. I was SO LUCKY to be there and smell the plastic burning before the wall caught fire. PSA : If you have an older kiln like I do (this one is 30+ years old!) the plugs get worn, corroded, warped, and can become loose in the socket, causing the current to arc (meaning HEAT!!) Check your plugs everyone!!! I’ve talked to several potters who have had this same thing happen! I had been planning to replace or upgrade several things on this old kiln this fall, so I just decided to order a new kiln. BUT not to worry I will still fix this one up and prob just use it for bisque. BUT for the next few weeks I will be WITHOUT any big kilns and only be able to fire with my little baby kiln. So stay tuned, I’ll eventually be back up and better than before with a family of three kilns!! 🥰 AND you bet I will be doing an online shop update (with a special discount code!) to help refill my emergency fund! Let me know what you’d like to see, and I’ll do my best to make it happen! And sign up for my mailing list on my website to get a discount code for the next shop update! Thanks for being with me on my crazy journey 😅🙃🥰🤪🤯😃💫 #potterslife #kilnmelt #ceramiccasualties #ceramics #pottery #newkiln https://www.instagram.com/p/B1-nDwcgHZH/?igshid=jbpqwmrngqi2

Just when I thought my day was going well I decided to accidentally knock a tray of pots over. Such a dill🤦‍♂️. Like anything in pottery you can never expect it to go to plan, I guess it’s what makes us potters such resilient people. #ceramiccasualties#potteryfail#pottery#brokenpottery#ceramicmug#potter https://www.instagram.com/p/CT3ZyraFAmT/?utm_medium=tumblr

Finally, a solution to where I should put my loose orange! #ceramics #ceramiccasualties #kitchendesign #pottery #handmade #artistsoninstagram #spout #orange #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrown #wheelthrownceramics https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ct5HIg81L/?igshid=v4uavg1r8clp

Welp, ya can’t say that I don’t work hard. Remember how I said I was having fun glazing all these pots yesterday in my last post? I just washed them out because the recent glaze fire didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped for some pieces. Soooo, I’m starting over. Thankful I didn’t fire these without testing out a few samples. Onwards and upwards! . . . . . . . . . . . . . #angelachvarak #designer #ceramiccasualties #createcultivate #artisan #madebyhand #slowliving #potterylove #lovepottery #potterywheel #ceramicart #contemporaryclay #studiopottery #studioscenes #creativityfound #pots #ceramics #wip #progressshot #modernmaker #ceramiclove #pottery #handmadeceramics #potterystudio #maker #wheelthrown #designermaker #handmadecurator #stoneware #ceramicdesign (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzrYyI-geXz/?igshid=31kgc5rsckv4

#ceramiccasualties at the @elpasomuseumofart (at El Paso Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buo2sEEhM3h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yr5n86f6orm8