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Gratefully on Kaurna land
She/her they/them
Inspired by mother nature. Obsessed with mud & heat. Probs part reptile.🦎🦕🐉 Queer 🌈
Endo, PCOS, PMDD. 💛

Drip seed 😊 . Photograph of a handmade clay cup

Drip seed 😊
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Photograph of a handmade clay cup close up with blue green glaze that has pooled thickly on the hip of the cup, creating a pre drip blob.

New year, new signature 😅 Just for the ones tha

New year, new signature 😅
Just for the ones that are already covered in boobis. 😊OK, this is the last for a bit, I'll stop posting and do my other work... For now.. . 😅😅I'm just too excite when I open a finished kiln load and then sand, finish, photograph and then edit the photographs of them... Hahaha. Such a long process. Continual patience practice ftw.
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Photograph of a white adult hand holding a cup in front of a green background, base pointed to camera. The base of the wheel thrown cup has been decorated in black sgraffito line drawings of pairs of breasts facing each other as if in conversation. The artists signature is on the base of the mug "Janah James", with the J's turned into breast shapes like those decorating the base of the mug.

Inside of the cups glaze, E X T R E M E C L O S E

Inside of the cups glaze, E X T R E M E C L O S E U P.
Love how you can see the teeny spots of red amongst the rivulets of mauve. 😍
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Close up macro photograph of glaze. Whilst it appears to be a generally creamy mauve, the macro shows tiny specks of red amongst cooler mauve trickles of colour. There is a purple blob of colour middle right of frame, and another blob of browny green colour bottom right of frame

Mmmmmm. Mulberry ice cream. OK, not really, but th

Mmmmmm. Mulberry ice cream. OK, not really, but that's what it reminds me of. Cannot get enough of those drips. 😅😅

Another simple dimple cup. Pink and red. Yum. . Ph

Another simple dimple cup. Pink and red. Yum.
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Photograph of a white adult hand holding a small handmade cup with thumb dimple, against an out of focus straw coloured background. The cup is mostly a ruddy maroon red, with a light pink band over the small carved in foot of the cup, and around the rim of the cup. The reflexion of the sky in the glossy glaze being bent and distorted as from the surface of the cup highlights the thumb dimple.

They . Were . SO close to working together!!! Gosh

They . Were . SO close to working together!!! Gosh darn it. Really would help if I measured while I made. 😅😅😅 I actually wasn't thinking about this glaze combo when I pulled these tumblers off the hump. Then I decided I needed to keep it simple for my own sanity this month, and these beauties were forged.
Swipe to see the original teacup I planned to match, but it got a dribble that made it wibble.... 🙄 😔

The reality of product shots 😂😂😂 #guesswh

The reality of product shots 😂😂😂 #guesswhatyearourhousegotbuilt #missionbrown...
Anyhooo... Relearning to throw post surgery, doing 4 at a time off the hump... Twice a day with yoga and breathing exercises in between.
Gonna take a while to learn the skill of uniformity.. Aaaaand... Using a guide would also help 😂😂.. Maybe next time I'll prepare rather than be spontaneous like this lot.. For now though, they were uniform enough to snug up to each other without touching in the glaze firing and thus take up less space... Very efficient happy accident. ☺️
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(I did actually make 8, but one has a crack in the base that the glaze filled, but still a defect, so it's Luke's now...)
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Photograph of seven tilting clay cups with dimples, the middle 5 clear glazed, and the outer two like bookends, with a 2cm rim of red creamy glaze, and raw sides. They are sitting butted up against each other borders intermingling but none touching to show their organic irregular dimpled accents and hight differences. The rest on an old paint splattered wooden workbench with green frontage, thin gumtree branches sitting behind, and a house window backdrop with panel detailing in mission brown.

My most nebulous glaze so far. 😍💖 . Series

My most nebulous glaze so far. 😍💖
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Series of macro photographs of glaze details. The colours morph into each other like clouds of star dust in nebulas, a rich mixture of pale blue and turquoise, pale and rich yellow and red and a bit of orange thrown in.

I missed #mugshotmonday with this one, but figured

I missed #mugshotmonday with this one, but figured I'd go for titsouttuesday instead. 😉
And yes, that is a nebula glaze you see peepin 😊
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Edit.... Lol... When you're so busy you don't even realise it should have been wangsoutwednesday
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Series of photographs of a blue wheel thrown handmade mug with interlacing breast motif in black sgraffito line drawing. The mug has been glazed with a very subdued clear blue glaze on the outside over the pattern detail, and an amorphous, abstract nebula colour meld dripping glaze interior.

A sprig of blue bells from my previous firing as I

A sprig of blue bells from my previous firing as I haven't had time to take any product shots of the new babes.
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Photograph of 4 blue turquoise ceramic bells with ceramic and metal beads photographed against an out of focus dark green foliage background. The bells are hand pinched with irregular surfaces, such that the glaze flows and pools, creating patterns of colour within the glaze.

<<|Kiln fresh|>> ° Photograph of a curved ceramic

<<|Kiln fresh|>>
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Photograph of a curved ceramic tumbler with pink green and blue glaze, and a long turquoise drip that finish half a millimetre from the (plywood) table.

Little gilded studdos and their lagoon blue buddie

Little gilded studdos and their lagoon blue buddies. They remind me of googly eyes, just with sleepy golden lids. 🤔 Also.. Selfie in the reflection of the left most stud 👋
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Photograph of two pair of round ceramic studs on a white card held by a white adult hand against an out of focus dark green foliage background. The studs on the left are smaller, white clay base with a black dot on the lower edge, and half 🌗 painted gold. The set on the right are larger, white clay, with a turquoise blue mottled glaze.

The trouble with signing and dating your work with

The trouble with signing and dating your work with clay is..... That unlike a painting, signing has to happen as an intermediary step, rather than at completion. Needs to be done while the clay is still damp and malleable.... But the actual completion of the piece can be month later as two to three kiln firings are required after the signing step... For me, especially with a small kiln that can't always fit what I've made in the glazing fire when nothing can touch lest it be fused by glaze forever... and a body that stops me in my tracks, for weeks at times, waiting till another kiln load is ready can be a long winded process that can take me up to 4 months. This little one I made back in September, certain it would make it into a pre Christmas kiln load... But alas, it did not, and now it already seems dated... 😅🤷‍♀️
Sigh. Just another example of clay teaching me acceptance.
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Two photographs of a white adult hand holding a handmade dark clay incence holder against an out of focus straw background. The first of the images is of the bottom surface of the dish, showing the rough raw clay surface and the artists signature and year of creation
"Janah
James
2020"
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The second photograph shows the dark purple maroon and pale blue and lavender glaze that changes opacity along the undulating surface of the clay. The incence stick support on this tray is a central geometric/ faceted wedge or unglazed clay with tiny marbled streak of white clay.

Still haven't learnt to photograph to crop to the

Still haven't learnt to photograph to crop to the correct size for insta 🙄
Anyway. Red tone bells.
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Photograph of 4 handmade bells glazes with cream and red glaze with raw clay rim, with handmade red beads, machined gold and black beads, strung on brown waxed cotton and with white heart/cherry blossom dangle details. They are photographed against a dark desaturated out of focus foliage background.

Apparently I didn't share this pretty lil cauldron

Apparently I didn't share this pretty lil cauldron inspired dimple mug? 🤔
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Or maybe I did and didn't scroll far enough just before 🤷‍♀️
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So.. Here it is, possibly again...
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Photograph series of a white adult hand holding a handmade short round bellied dimpled tumbler against a straw coloured background.
The mug has a pale pink rim, then two thin wobbly bands of green, the top being opaque turquoise and the lower being transluscent olive green. The belly of the mug is dark blue with mottled dripping turquoise green over it. The foot of the cup is left as raw light grey clay, and the base can barely be seen but it painted the same pink as the rim of the cup. There is a single dimple in the mid belly of the mug. The 4th photograph shows how this fits a thumb.

Why yes... It's just owls, squiggly lines and moon

Why yes... It's just owls, squiggly lines and moons...

Two different cone 6 speckled clays, same glaze. I

Two different cone 6 speckled clays, same glaze.
I love how iridescent the inside of this whiskey tumbler is... And at the same time I love the subdued earthy lavender it gets on the plate. 💜
Think I'll just have to continue using both clays 🤔😂💟👍

Is it a hexagobs and golden triangles or full moon

Is it a hexagobs and golden triangles or full moon kinda day🤔🌚🌕🖤
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Photograph of two pairs of ceramic studs on a long rectangular card held by a white adult hand against a dark out of focus foliage background. The pair of studs on the left are small hexagons with a gold triangle detail from one edge to centre. The right pair of studs are slightly larger circles in a subtle grey clay with tiny black specks. Both have clear glaze for a glossy finish. The card they are pinned through has a purple orange and pink aerial photograph of part of the Murray River and property lines.

They don't quite fit together on account of that h

They don't quite fit together on account of that hulking big drip featured in images 2 &. 3... But golly do they look a sweet pair.

Round two on this teacup and saucer will be assembled on my table sometime this week 🤞🤞 hopefully... As long as the mirena is finally settled and I don't have an enforced week or two of bed rest and yoga. Then it's a week to dry, wait till I have a kiln loads worth to fire, glaze over a couple of days and then refire, sand, photograph and then upload... Which means new pics in about a month or two's time.. usually.

Unicorn spike dish! Aka jewellery spike tray. Oh t

Unicorn spike dish!
Aka jewellery spike tray.
Oh that lush sea blue tho. 🌊💙🤤
Currently at Back in Balance Blackwood.
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Series of photographs of a chocolate black clay with multitonal blue green glaze.
Image one shows the item from a top down 45 degree angle being held against an out of focus straw coloured background by a white adult hand.
The second photograph is also from 45 degrees but slightly closer and resting on an old paint splattered wooden workbench. The dripiness of the glaze is more apparent here.
The third image shows it being held again by a white adult hand, tilted so that the outside wall with artists stamp and raw clay with its pinched surfaces.
The fourth image shows the piece in use, with white gold and silver rings in the spike, and chains and a bangle resting upon it.

My take on an item from my childhood... The humble

My take on an item from my childhood... The humble ring dish. Currently at Back in Balance Blackwood, along with some friends. 😊
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Photograph of handmade ceramic dish with central ring spike.
Chocolate black clay with white, violet, purple and maroon coloured flowing glaze. The ring spike has two white gold rings sitting on it and there is a chain resting in the dish. It is photographed sitting on an old paint splattered wooden workbench.

New colour way little bell. Heart dangle looks lik

New colour way little bell. Heart dangle looks like a triangle... No wonder I like it. 😂
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Photograph of a handmade red pink and white ceramic bell again a dark green foliage background. The bells tongue is a cool sandy coloured heart, of which only the bottom 2/3 hands out of the mouth of the bell, so it appears as a triangle at the bottom of the bell. Also strung on the waxed cotton thread is a cherry blossom shaped ornament, a handmade ceramic bead and black and gold beads.

Sunday Sunshine ☀ 😊 #mulberryicecream . Close

Sunday Sunshine ☀ 😊 #mulberryicecream
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Close up photograph of textural clay detail in a plate. The photo is cropped such that no edges of the object are visible, just an expanse of lavender purple glaze, with a circular motif that looks like a illustrated sun or sun flower. The design stands out physically as peaks within the clay, and also through the colour contrast created by the glaze running off the peaks of clay and pooling in the troughs, such that the ridge/edgs of the clay are more maroon, with a thin appearance of the white clay underneath.

Made 3 of this lot... So here's the final sibling

Made 3 of this lot... So here's the final sibling in that super Drippy blue green. 💙💚
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Photograph of a white and aqua handmade ceramic cup being held by a white adult hand against a straw coloured background. The cup has carved outside facets such that it's surface is geometric, almost like cut gemstone. There is a generous thumb dimple, and the bottom 3/4 of the cup have been left unglazed to give room to log glaze drips. The glaze is a translucent olive blue green running down into a more opaque turquoise and aqua swirling drip.

The Purdy Purple didn't drip much though. Not on t

The Purdy Purple didn't drip much though. Not on this clay/shape/thickness of glaze/position in the kiln combo. So many variables and not a control in sight 😭.

Cascades beautifully on the inside though. 💜
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Two photographs of a white and purple faceted ceramic cup being held by a white adult hand against a straw coloured background.
The sides of the cup have been cut like a faceted semiprecios stone, and the glaze only covers the top 1cm or so of the outside rim of the cup. The rest is left bare to show off the finely black speckled brilliant white clay and to connect the holder directly with the clay, rather than the cooler shiny touch of glazed surfaces, the raw ceramic clay being matte and slightly rough to touch. Second photograph shows the colours of the flowing glaze on the inner walls of the vessel. The base colours of the glaze is a deep maroon purple, which is translucent, but through which, as the glaze thickens, more opaque pale violet and blue condensate into more solid pastel colour. Small areas of indentation in the clay from the pinching creation process create subtle surface changes that force the glaze to move, thus little islands of maroon exist, surrounded by trickling tendrils of blue and violet.

Thinking I might have to call this clay and glaze

Thinking I might have to call this clay and glaze combo "Hot Summer Watermelon"... Or something like that🤔
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Series of photographs of a handmade faceted clay cup with drippy pinky red glaze against an out of focus straw coloured background.
The glaze around the rim of the cup is translucent, letting the black specks of grog in this clay to show through. The bottom 3/4 of the outside of the cup has been left raw unglazed, as the glaze around the rim is so Drippy to paint it further down increases the risk of the glaze running all the way down and fusing the cup to the kiln shelf. The pooling drips of glaze become more opaque, with a pale violet hue.

Teeney tits and paint splattered hexy bits. Thrill

Teeney tits and paint splattered hexy bits.
Thrilled with how these turned out.
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Two sets of studs on white card with black and white string, photographed sitting in a green Succulent plant. The studs on the left are a small round pair with hand illustrated/sgraffito with black inlay tiny boobies, and a background of shiny pink glaze. The pair of studs on the right are tiny hexagon shaped white clay with black flecks of paint splattered, and a clear shiny glaze on top.

Been a while since I posted to the feed. Apologies

Been a while since I posted to the feed. Apologies. I've been busy making things in my absence.. Seems I only have enough energy these days to either make, take or post... Not all three at once though.
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This set of studs inspired by moon phase. Photographed against the maroon and black begonia.

Gorgeous set of geode nebula bowls that were commi

Gorgeous set of geode nebula bowls that were commissioned last year, finally complete. 😊
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The comissionee got a small taste of the patience required for pottery... As it has taken me many months to be able to complete them.. Mostly because to make a set, I personally, need to make them all on the same day in order that they are the same size and shape. I'm still developing the skills and muscle memory needed to be able to make them on different days, (clay moisture content can change in the days between making too, which can alter the final size) and being able to wedge and then form more than 1kg of clay in a day takes me few days of self care to recover from. #thanksendo These darling bowls all started off as 600g balls of clay, went down to about 250g after bisque firing, but ended up at about 350g by the time they were completed, thanks to the weight of the glazes. 😊👍

Much enjoyment out of how vibrant and saturated th

Much enjoyment out of how vibrant and saturated that blue got. 💙
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Series of three photographs of a white adult hand holding a pink and blue handmade mug. The first two are shot in bright sun against an out of focus straw background, the bright sun showing off the shiny glaze, and allowing the transparency of the pink glaze to highlight the tiny black and white speckles within the clay body to shine through.
The first shot shows the side and base of the mug, which has been stamped with the artists mark, and a location and date stamp (three triangles, three dots contained within an oblong shape and SA 2020 within a circular shape)
The bottom cm of the cup has been left raw and unglazed, but the indented central base and the stamp makes have been filled with pink glaze.
The second shot better demonstrates the vibrant cobalt blue accents around the rim of the cup and on the inside edge of the bottom of the handle, and the faceted geometric shape created by carving the outside surfaces of the cup.
The third photo is shot against and old paint splattered wooden workbench, with diffuse lighting and reflections on the faceted surface of blue sky and grass. This lighting demonstrates how the transparent pink glaze flows slightly off the sharp geometric edges... They are slightly lighter than the flat panel of the clay, so the contrast created highlights the facet shapes carved into the cup.

A couple of MASSIVE gin tumblers I made for a top

A couple of MASSIVE gin tumblers I made for a top bloke this year.
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Super pleased when things come out as I imagine. I wanted them almost comically large... So I had to MAKE them super comically large to account for the shrink that happens when clay vitrifies.. And I was a little concerned... But.. They ended up suitably stupid and I couldn't be happier.
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Photograph of two handmade ceramic cups stacked. They are made from cool speckled white clay, have a thumb dimple in the wall, and are glazed in a runny, drippy glazed of turquoise blue and green.

Colours of my dreams. 😊😊😊

Colours of my dreams. 😊😊😊

Productive day. Took a heap of bottles and e-waste

Productive day. Took a heap of bottles and e-waste to recycling, then put some stuff up on my website. 😊 #endofyearthings
p.s.
You can see more angles of each piece by clicking on the shop link.
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Series of photographs of ceramic products as per below.
1-a black green and purple palm sized dish with a geometric faceted central jube for incense is held by a white adult hand and set against an old paint splattered wooden workbench. There is a stick of pink incense stuck in the hole and burning.
2- a turquoise and blue hand made incense burner with heart detail to hold incense stick photographed against wood
3- a deep green, violet blue and pink dimpled dish with round pastille Incense holder photographed against wood
4&5- a white adult hand holds a handmade pinched ceramic tumbler against a straw coloured background. The cup is rugged and organic, with black green, pink, green and black horizontal glaze lines.
6&7- a white adult hand holds a wheel thrown cauldron shaped cup up against a straw coloured background. The cup is glazed in pink, deep blue with turquoise green dripping overlay, with deep blue around the base.
8, 9 & 10 show photographs of the same mug base with different glazes. The mug has a wide top, a chunky handle and has been faceted on the outside. The first teacup is glazed in translucent pink, with cobalt blue rim and handle detail, the second is rich lapis lazuli blue with slicked turquoise and yellow green glaze running down the top 2/3 of the outer surface, and the last is a pale lilac with maroon undertones at the facet ridges.

Our Hearth meow. 💔 The most beautiful boi we've

Our Hearth meow. 💔
The most beautiful boi we've ever had the pleasure of serving. 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍
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Rescued 2.6.2006
Gone to snuggle up with Chivvy in the stars 22.12.2020
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#fuckyou2020

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