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Jen Coppens

@jencoppens.bsky.social

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Mostly about pottery & books if I’m honest. New shop: https://goimagine.com/coppenspottery

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · 5d

I played around with making my version of a gaiwan.

A gaiwan, a cup with the lid sitting next to it.

A gaiwan, a lidded ceramic tea cup with the lid ajar

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Sep 7

Picking pieces to put in the new shop. Will go live on Tuesday.
#pottery #handthrown #wheelthrown #handmade #glaze #ceramics

Top view of a bowl with peacock technique glazing with blues and purples

3/4 view of a bowl with inside peacock technique glazing with blues and purples and black gloss outside.

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Sep 6

😆 the cute little bum! I love it

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Sep 6

Absolutely charming

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Sep 6

True star

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excited to announce that I’ve finally set up an online shop. I can only have 12 items at a time but I’m loading up the shop this weekend! Watch this space for announcements - they will probably go live next week

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 23

There’s looking at the bright side!

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 23

Anytime! Yeah, It was the only way I could think of to glaze the whole thing without ending up with glaze spikes from the stilts.

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 23

There’s a hole in the end of the stem so I could hang it in the kiln.

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 22

I present *drum roll*
My salt pig!

#saltpig #ceramics #pottery #functionalart

A Ceramic container for holding salt, glazed in blue with. Town highlights, with an opening formed like a nondescript animal’s mouth and ears popping up on top. A ceramic spoon lies in front of it

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thank you, @barnartist457.bsky.social I love when it works out 😄

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 17

Correction! I use a community kiln so I don’t set it myself -and just learned that the two on the right were likely cone 6 with a 5min hold. So I guess the more cloudy look is from cone 5 and more glassy is cone 6

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 17

This glaze combo came out great. Very heavy coat of the textured Turquoise to start.
#pottery
#ceramicglaze
#glazing

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Aug 16

Some recent bowls with some fun glazing.

#glazelayering #handthrown #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #handmade #ceramicbowls

Ceramic bowl with glaze cascading brown to green to blue down the outside and olive to a rustic light yellow on the inside.

Ceramic bowl with Carmel and chocolate colored glazes swirling through the hand thrown pottery ridges on the inside and the chocolate colored glazes on the outside with less variation.

Ceramic bowl with glaze cascading with light Blue white green and brown down the outside and all white on the inside.

Ceramic bowl with glaze dripping down from the rim in all colors like dripping rainbows into a deep reddish brown bottom on the outside and Carmel color to a rustic light yellow on the inside.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · Jul 18

This guy’s child has cystic fibrosis- a disease where the life expectancy has doubled in his lifetime thanks to the research he is taking an axe to. Monstrous.

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Jun 29

I burned my pinky and needed to keep it clean, so throwing was out, but I had some fun with hand building organic shapes and slip stenciling.
#handbuilt #ceramics #pottery #coloredslip

Ceramic greenware adorned with stenciled slip patterns in a kiln.

Ceramic greenware adorned with stenciled slip patterns sitting on a drying shelf.

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · May 17

Yes, it is 🙂

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · May 9

New WIP. Used erosion technic then carved in a bit more and painted with underglaze watercolors

Greenware ceramic jar with a mushroom handle on the lid, and three mushroom carved and colored on the side

Greenware ceramic jar with a mushroom handle on the lid, and a mushroom carved and colored on the side

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 24

Oh wow, I was so sure it was textured turquoise! It’s wild how glaze can differ between clays and kilns. Beautiful piece.

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 15

Yes! So satisfying!

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 15

I mean ancient copper is lovely for a daily, but everyone needs that mug for your Cleopatra felling days right?

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 15

He was meant to be a toothbrush holder, but the holes are too thin. Now he menacingly holds a scissors. Try and take it if you dare.
#octopus #functionalart #pottery

Ceramic octopus with two of his eight arms formed in circles to hold things. A scissors through one of them.

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Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks! Yes, a single glaze. Amico Potter’s Choice River Rock. The inside is X3 and the outside is more random. One good layer and then random additional strokes,

Jen Coppens @jencoppens.bsky.social · Apr 10

Here she is. Fresh from the murky deeps of the kiln.
#octopus #pottery #functionalart

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