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McCann Studios

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jan 22

This seems like a good time to introduce myself. I’m a hobby potter living and working on the coast of #California. When I’m not potting I rescue sea mammals and do a lot of #traveling.

#McCannStudios #Pottery #TMMC #SantaCruz #MontereyBay

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · 6h

The egg trays turned out pretty well! I finally got some pictures with them all together.

A tall vertical photo looking down on handmade ceramic egg trays, some sized to hold 12 eggs, some for 6 eggs. The colors and textures vary.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · 12d

Oh dear! I’m definitely cautious when I have a kiln full of big items, that’s so much work to lose at the end 😭

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · 12d

Will this color be too opaque and cover the crochet stitch patterns underneath? Will it smear when I glaze over it??

A large ceramic dish in the process of being glazed. A blue glaze has been applied and wiped back to highlight the crochet doily imprinted in the clay.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · 12d

Oh I love this! I couldn’t agree more!

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · 12d

Do other potters do this? Sneak a quick picture of the top of your cooling kiln?

#McCannStudios #Pottery #Anticipation

A low angle photo taken of the top shelf of my cooling kiln with the lid opened just a few inches. Cooling pottery is visible in the shadowy interior.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 18

A video of me squashing a clay pot I just created on the pottery wheel. The sides have a couple of vertical tears where I pushed the crackle effect too far! Natural sound hears my metal tools rolling on the metal wheelhead.

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 18

They can’t all be keepers!

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#McCannStudios #Pottery #Smash #ASMR

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 15

A timelapse video showing a top down view of me squeezing liquid glazes onto a bowl I made. The glazes are in small bottles, and they run down the sides of the bowl in ROYGBIV drips, then swirl and meet in the bottom of the bowl.

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think this one is going to be fun & maybe a keeper? Only time will tell!

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#McCannStudios #Pottery #Timelapse

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 10

Not too many secrets to keep in a craft that’s several millennia old. I certainly haven’t invented anything new in pottery

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is the blue vase from the timelapse video, still. I’m particularly pleased with the crackle pattern on this one, and will be trying to work out what causes various effects.

#McCannStudios #Pottery #Crackle

A freshly thrown clay vase with a crackled blue exterior showing how the clay stretched into form.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

(2) After the underglaze is dried a bit with a heat gun a layer of sodium silicate goes on clear, and is also dried a bit. Finally the vase is shaped from the inside, causing the outer dried layer to crackle as it expands.

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

A timelapse video of a vase being thrown on the pottery wheel. It starts as a centered lump of clay, is pulled into a cylinder, is smoothed with a metal rib tool, and then bright blue underglaze is applied to the outside. (1)

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

A quick timelapse of a vase with sodium silicate crackles. This vase has some fierce stretch marks!

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#McCannStudios #Pottery #WheelThrownPottery

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ooh that sounds fun! My heat gun worked well for these, but a blowtorch might be quicker

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’ve literally had the jar sitting on my shelf for two years! These were my very first tries, so I’m not sure what I was waiting for 😂

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 7

For a long time I’ve wanted to try a pottery technique where you use sodium silicate to create a crackle effect on your pot. I finally tried it today!
What do you think?

#McCannStudios #Pottery

A freshly thrown clay pot in the shape of a wide urn has a turquoise outer surface that is disrupted by a pattern of crackles and crevices like those in dried mud. The interior of the crackles is the warm grey color of the clay.

A freshly thrown clay pot showing a crackled outer surface. The jar of sodium silicate is visible on the right.

Both vases together, showing how the crackle pattern looks with and without added color.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finally getting a bisque load fired! It’s been too long

#McCannStudios #Pottery

A wide photo of a 6’ folding table full of freshly bisqued pottery. The ceramics are all ivory colored and unglazed, and are stacked like the drying dishes they are.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Sep 2

Works in progress, I think cleaning up the holes takes more time than making the bowls!

#McCannStudios #Pottery #BerryBowl #WIP

A photo looking down on six clay berry bowls. They are unfired, at different stages of drying, and all have different patterns of holes in the sides and bottoms.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 26

Working on an idea to make a pond themed egg tray. In case they’re duck eggs. 🦆

#McCannStudios #Pottery #Quackers

A close view of the inner wall of a clay egg tray. There is a raised texture of grasses and cattails.

A work in progress view of a clay egg tray, on the work surface, with tools and the drape mold.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 25

Your sugar jars have delightful character!

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 21

A sped up video of me shaping a clay slab into a tray that will hold farm fresh eggs on a countertop. I start by adding texture from a crochet doily, then invert the slab onto a dozen wooden eggs glued to a board and use my hands to shape it from flat to curved. Now it’s firming up. No sound.

McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 21

I’m finally getting quicker at the egg trays. (Not this quick, but you get the idea)

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#McCannStudios #Pottery #ProcessVideo #EggTray #EggCarton

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 21

Why are smaller versions of things always cuter?

#McCannStudios #Pottery #HalfDozen #WIP #ClaySky

A handbuilt egg tray sized for six eggs. The tray is made of still soft clay and impressed with a pattern made by rolling the slab with a crochet doily. The tray holds three wooden eggs and is resting on a green quilters mat.

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McCann Studios @mccannstudios.bsky.social · Jul 16

What does evolution look like in my clay? These are, from left to right, prototype, attempt, overconfident attempt, okay let’s try to solve some challenges, and the most recent iteration.

#McCannStudios #Clay #WIP #BehindTheScenes #HandbuiltPottery #ArtWork

Five egg trays made of clay, all with crochet patterns imprinted into the clay. They are presented from first attempt on the left to most recent creation on the right, all resting on a full sized sheet pan. The clay is in various stages of drying.

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