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Making cute pottery pals in CA ✿ She/Her Next Shop Update: 🤷‍♀️ Shop Link + Other Socials: https://beacons.ai/alunimoon

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hi! It’s been forever since I’ve last posted so I thought I’d reintroduce myself:

My name is Lena and I enjoy creating cute pottery in hopes that they bring joy to people online and in their homes 🌷

I’m excited to share my ceramics journey here from now on (both the good and bad!)

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1h

The last time I made this, the alligator was a lot more green and stood out. This time, I used the same type of green that I used on the mug in an attempt to make it look more cohesive? 😳

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1h

Do we like the look of these alligator mugs?!

A photo of my hand holding up a wavy ceramic mug with a small alligator sitting on the handle. The mug is glazed with a mix of orange and brown with splotches of pale green all around. There are green leaves in the background since i took thins photo of the mug in front of a green bush.

Another angle of the wavy ceramic mug with a small alligator sitting on the handle so you can get a better look at the inside of the mug. The inside has bigger splotches of the pale green glazes mixed with the orange brown glaze.

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1h

Always welcome visitors, especially with cute little paws!!

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1h

It was definitely a pleasant surprise 😆

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 22h

I’m mainly collecting cards from tomokazu komiya, but I also really love shibuzoh and sekio! I could stare at their work all day

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve been having a lot of fun looking through my brother’s bulk cards and collecting certain artists and pokemon

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1d

Did the grinding sound of the jars summon all the neighborhood strays or something…

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1d

Moments later, my brother sent me this photo of me from behind. I had no idea another cat showed up 😭

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1d

I was trying out this grinding paste for the lids of my jars since they didn’t fit as well as I would’ve liked and a stray cat came by and hung out beside me!

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 1d

Really happy with how the glaze on this seal jar turned out!! It’s so pretty in the sun 🦭

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 10d

Making snails is so much more difficult than I thought it’d be 🐌

Holding up an unfired ceramic matcha bowl with to a wavy rim and spout. The there are wavy vertical lines carved on the outer part of the bowl and a small sculpted snail on the opposite end of the spout.

Another angle of the unfired ceramic matcha bowl to showcase the wavy rim.

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!! 🙇‍♀️

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much! Hopefully all goes well in the end 🤞😫

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 10d

It’s so small! Probably the smallest thing I’ve sculpted so far 🥹 thank you!!

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 10d

Tysm 💖 I totally underestimated it this time around and took me a while to make since all the little details kept falling and cracking on me. So tough!!

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 10d

Making snails is so much more difficult than I thought it’d be 🐌

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 13d

But I’ll use them to practice carving out lines!

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 13d

After staring at them for a while, I’ve decided to toss these and try again tomorrow 😅 I don’t think the bottom of these are wide enough…

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 13d

Imagine these mushroom matcha bowls carved with lines on the outside and a little snail sitting on the flat end of it!!

Side view photo of a matcha bowl that was just thrown on the pottery wheel. The matcha bowl has a spout and wavy rim all around.

Top view photo of 5 matcha bowls sitting on a wooden shelf in the drying stage after being thrown on the wheel. The matcha bowls have a spout and wavy rim all around.

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 15d

I think I need to make a batch of ceramics inspired by mushrooms and snails after seeing these images of mushrooms…🐌

Screenshot of a google search page of the blue roundhead mushroom

Screenshot of a google search page of the indigo milk cap mushroom

Screenshot of a google search page of the oyster mushroom

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · Sep 20

Just in case some people missed the memo:
DO NOT USE ULINE. EVER.

IDGAF if you think they "have the best prices" or "have the best tape". Buying from them because of one of those reasons just tells me your morals have a price tag.

Throw your packaging sources in the comments.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 20

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

www.propublica.org

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, I appreciate it! It was a stressful situation, but I really did try to do what I could to help him.

🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you! Just got them back from their first kiln firing and they survived thankfully 🤝

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BeeSky @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 29d

Everything is really scary and chaotic for Trans individuals right now. Regardless of whatever lies and fear that is spread, we know that the world is better with Trans people in it. You are all worth fighting for, and we will continue to advocate for your rights and your safety.

An illustration decorated with smiling pansies and leaves that says "Trans rights are human rights. We will love and protect each other "

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🌷Lena🌷 @alunimoon.bsky.social · Sep 12

Chill little guys!!!!