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Bryan Cronk Ceramics
@bcronkceramics.bsky.social
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Small-batch potter based in Livingston Manor, NY making handmade rustic functional pottery. 🏳️‍🌈 bcronkceramics.com
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · 12d
A little Taylor Swift to get me in studio mode.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Sep 1
No! Put that away!
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Sep 1
Rainbow mugs and cups restocked. Not many left.
Rainbow birch handmade mug Rainbow birch handmade cup
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Sep 1
Time to make more vases.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Aug 15
If you have been waiting to pick up a new mug or one for the first time, a new batch has been added to my shop (link in profile). Limited colors and quantities, and I will be honest, I do not anticipate another mug drop before the end of the year.

As always, thank you for the support! -Bryan
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Jun 21
I work with soft slabs. And this slab was pretty soft.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Jun 18
Oh that would be cool! I’m hoping to get some cool variations in the glaze I’ll be using. I’ll have to experiment to get some “sparkle”
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Jun 17
Custom tiles. Interested in a custom, expensive backsplash? Reach out to discuss. Working on two right now and while there isn’t much variation finding the process cathartic.
Grid of wet clay tiles drying.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Jun 17
I’ve started to explore different firing processes. This is a piece I put in a salt kiln.
Salt fired pot sitting on a board the trees in the background.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · May 4
Handmade white tiles with botanical imprints.
Photo of nine handmade tiles with plant impressions.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · May 4
Adding botanicals to some tiles. Going to make a four season backsplash with imprint from what’s in the garden year round.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 30
I’m taking the Raku workshop and thought a teapot would be fun. When I make a teapot, I think of one of my first instructors. I said I wanted to make teapot and he told me it was only for the experienced. Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something. I ignored him and made a teapot my first week
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 30
Yay! Glad they arrived.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 26
This these tiles using Dark Star by Kentucky Mudworks are my favorite from the batch.
Speckled clay handmade tiles
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 22
First batch of handmade tiles out of the kiln and I couldn’t be happier! Minimal warping, good glaze coating…these are going to look great as a backsplash in my studio.
Green, brown, and white handmade tiles.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 22
Thanks! Hope they survive the drying process.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 20
Not a bad first attempt at throwing and trimming on a kick wheel. I could get into throwing this way.
Two small clay pots sitting on a pottery wheel. Just trimmed and ready to dry.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 18
First time on the kick wheel. It was pretty awkward but managed to throw two pots. #kickwheel #kickwheelpottery #beardedpotter
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 13
I’ve got to get in the rhythm of posting new work on my site. These are some birch vases I put up recently. Now if I had an assistant to do the business side of being an artist…
Handmade birch vase with blue glaze Handmade birch vase with yellow glaze Handmade birch vase with white glaze Handmade birch vase with pink glaze
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 12
Not all of my ceramic work is done in the studio, I’m also a tile setter.
Photo of penny tiles Selfie sitting on a floor laying out sheets of penny tile.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 6
Thank you!
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 6
Cool. Have a look and let me know if you have any questions. They are all handmade so all unique.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 6
Yes, I have a website, and sell them online at bcronkceramics.com
I can’t remember what colors I have up there right now. I go through them quickly.
B. Cronk Ceramics | Handmade Rustic Pottery
Individually made, hand-built rustic functional ware. Made by me, Bryan Cronk, a potter living and working out of Livingston Manor, in the Catskills region of New York State.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 6
No mud, No lotus.
While it’s not the most glamorous of studio tasks, there is something satisfying about reclaiming unfired clay experiments and bits to make something new. I am using reclaimed clay for the majority of my tiles.
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Bryan Cronk Ceramics @bcronkceramics.bsky.social · Apr 5
Popped into the studio late last night to trim a bowl recently thrown. For a handbuilder, I’m pretty happy with my wheel skills.
Holding a white handmade bowl just taken off the pottery wheel.
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