Bex, if you can keep it
@bextraordinary.bsky.social
🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 (MA). Sr Research Associate, (B)exited academia.
Work: Criminal justice, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction.
Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs.
bextraordinarycreatures.com
Work: Criminal justice, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction.
Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs.
bextraordinarycreatures.com
Game night 😇
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Game night 😇
Nice work! Yeah, hole in the middle is good for a roller and just to save on filament & print time. I finally got my desert design to print reasonably well! I like it on this brown clay (ignore my weird vase, nerikomi experiment).
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nice work! Yeah, hole in the middle is good for a roller and just to save on filament & print time. I finally got my desert design to print reasonably well! I like it on this brown clay (ignore my weird vase, nerikomi experiment).
My 4yo had a take-home art assignment to decorate a turkey "so he won't get eaten for Thanksgiving," so he decided to disguise him as pizza because "Who would eat pizza on Thanksgiving?!"
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My 4yo had a take-home art assignment to decorate a turkey "so he won't get eaten for Thanksgiving," so he decided to disguise him as pizza because "Who would eat pizza on Thanksgiving?!"
I can't be expected to work in these conditions.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can't be expected to work in these conditions.
Sheeeee's a-cookin' a-somethin' up. 🐽
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sheeeee's a-cookin' a-somethin' up. 🐽
It was so cute the first time, just not quite right 😭
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It was so cute the first time, just not quite right 😭
Oh, there's no stopping me now! Finally figured out seamless patterns and texture rollers, so now I can make anything I want!
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh, there's no stopping me now! Finally figured out seamless patterns and texture rollers, so now I can make anything I want!
Finally sat down & learned how to make seamless patterns, so now I can make my own texture mats and scale them to any size I want for my pottery 🥳 Here are my first two patterns! The engraved areas leave a bit of texture but it wipes away easily with a sponge once the clay firms up.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Finally sat down & learned how to make seamless patterns, so now I can make my own texture mats and scale them to any size I want for my pottery 🥳 Here are my first two patterns! The engraved areas leave a bit of texture but it wipes away easily with a sponge once the clay firms up.
Gradient canes! After this things went a bit pear-shaped - it's hard to maintain the circular crosssection. Can't believe I didn't immediately master a skill the first time I tried it, this is an OUTRAGE. What is the point of Instagram if it shows me pottery techniques it takes years to perfect? 😤
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Gradient canes! After this things went a bit pear-shaped - it's hard to maintain the circular crosssection. Can't believe I didn't immediately master a skill the first time I tried it, this is an OUTRAGE. What is the point of Instagram if it shows me pottery techniques it takes years to perfect? 😤
Can't make it to my pottery class tonight, but that's not gonna stop me! I watched some videos and learned how to use ceramic stains and blend gradients 🤓
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Can't make it to my pottery class tonight, but that's not gonna stop me! I watched some videos and learned how to use ceramic stains and blend gradients 🤓
Williamsburg Bridge.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Williamsburg Bridge.
Here's a fun ("") one for the "AI sucks" portfolio. A clay company is taking tons of heat for not realizing that a product page for their kiln cones had been autopopulated by Shopify's "helpful" AI tool, which suggested the cones are edible 🤦🏼♀️ People are now saying they don't trust the other content.
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here's a fun ("") one for the "AI sucks" portfolio. A clay company is taking tons of heat for not realizing that a product page for their kiln cones had been autopopulated by Shopify's "helpful" AI tool, which suggested the cones are edible 🤦🏼♀️ People are now saying they don't trust the other content.
Possibly the most reliable piece of tech ever sold. This baby and I, we've heard some shit.
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Possibly the most reliable piece of tech ever sold. This baby and I, we've heard some shit.
DELIGHT 😍 This turned out almost exactly like I imagined. Could improve my glaze application a bit but the concept is there!
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
DELIGHT 😍 This turned out almost exactly like I imagined. Could improve my glaze application a bit but the concept is there!
This garage pottery studio thing is amazing. I kept worrying I didn't have time for pottery, but what I didn't have time for was popping over to the studio a million times just to check things and catch them at the right stage for the next step. Plus all my STUFF is on hand, like my 3D printers.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This garage pottery studio thing is amazing. I kept worrying I didn't have time for pottery, but what I didn't have time for was popping over to the studio a million times just to check things and catch them at the right stage for the next step. Plus all my STUFF is on hand, like my 3D printers.
Starting the month as I wish to continue: crafts edition.
1. Pickup/dropoff at the pottery studio. The bowl was a surprise glaze outcome but I don't hate it 🤔 Plates are the first graduates/survivors of my garage setup.
2. Fantasy horse base crochet pattern notes published on Patreon! Finally! 🧶
1. Pickup/dropoff at the pottery studio. The bowl was a surprise glaze outcome but I don't hate it 🤔 Plates are the first graduates/survivors of my garage setup.
2. Fantasy horse base crochet pattern notes published on Patreon! Finally! 🧶
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Starting the month as I wish to continue: crafts edition.
1. Pickup/dropoff at the pottery studio. The bowl was a surprise glaze outcome but I don't hate it 🤔 Plates are the first graduates/survivors of my garage setup.
2. Fantasy horse base crochet pattern notes published on Patreon! Finally! 🧶
1. Pickup/dropoff at the pottery studio. The bowl was a surprise glaze outcome but I don't hate it 🤔 Plates are the first graduates/survivors of my garage setup.
2. Fantasy horse base crochet pattern notes published on Patreon! Finally! 🧶
She works! The maiden voyage of Slippi Longstockings, my cheapie pottery wheel.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
She works! The maiden voyage of Slippi Longstockings, my cheapie pottery wheel.
I had some warped plates so I decided to do some glaze tests - my community studio uses Laguna BMix and then adds speckle to the reclaim, and I want to start using more reclaim (pottery is expensive y'all 😅) so I wanted to know how my glazes might react.
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I had some warped plates so I decided to do some glaze tests - my community studio uses Laguna BMix and then adds speckle to the reclaim, and I want to start using more reclaim (pottery is expensive y'all 😅) so I wanted to know how my glazes might react.
The pumpkin patch is like.. ASMR for my eyes. The colors and textures are euphoric.
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The pumpkin patch is like.. ASMR for my eyes. The colors and textures are euphoric.
What *I* want is to have a smoother edge to the raised areas, more like a CNC router or something would do. I see people doing it so there must be a way, I just don't know it. Idk if I'm looking for chamfer, fillet, bevel, or maybe editing the pattern for more of a depth-map..?
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What *I* want is to have a smoother edge to the raised areas, more like a CNC router or something would do. I see people doing it so there must be a way, I just don't know it. Idk if I'm looking for chamfer, fillet, bevel, or maybe editing the pattern for more of a depth-map..?
Am I connected to any experienced 3D modelers? Pref. Blender or Fusion?
I am trying to make texture rollers and I get the general idea, but all the methods I know create essentially a 90-degree angle between the cylinder and the raised pattern, like this:
I am trying to make texture rollers and I get the general idea, but all the methods I know create essentially a 90-degree angle between the cylinder and the raised pattern, like this:
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Am I connected to any experienced 3D modelers? Pref. Blender or Fusion?
I am trying to make texture rollers and I get the general idea, but all the methods I know create essentially a 90-degree angle between the cylinder and the raised pattern, like this:
I am trying to make texture rollers and I get the general idea, but all the methods I know create essentially a 90-degree angle between the cylinder and the raised pattern, like this:
Happy with these! I deserved a pottery win 😅
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy with these! I deserved a pottery win 😅
Rushed to buy this as soon as I saw the blurb and have not been disappointed so far! The arguments & findings here are very consistent with what I've seen in pretrial spaces, where the conditions of pretrial supervision only further embroil the least-resourced, most struggling people in the system.
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Rushed to buy this as soon as I saw the blurb and have not been disappointed so far! The arguments & findings here are very consistent with what I've seen in pretrial spaces, where the conditions of pretrial supervision only further embroil the least-resourced, most struggling people in the system.
Alexa, play "Angel" so we can raise some money for this abused animal.
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Alexa, play "Angel" so we can raise some money for this abused animal.
You know your house build/design team is listening to you when you mention to them that you & your husband used to play World of Warcraft, then you get the renovation digital mockups and they've put WoW on the screens of the computers in the office. 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
You know your house build/design team is listening to you when you mention to them that you & your husband used to play World of Warcraft, then you get the renovation digital mockups and they've put WoW on the screens of the computers in the office. 🤩