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janahjamesarteries

Potter, Painter, Photo maker.
💛Endo warrior💛fighter💛sleeper💛
Small batch hand made ceramics. 😊
When I can manage it 😉

Unrespected rusty tools and recycled clay 🤷‍♀️
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Tiny white hairs are actually from the undercoat of my black cat... Obviously the only cat hairs light enough to float themselves into the double bucket which I rinse my hands in whilst 'potterizing' (as Luke calls it...).
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Good thing it gets burnt out in the firing process... Wonder how it affects the clay particle dynamics while being thrown 🤔 #idk #blackbox #claygoesinceramicscomeout

This pour over is alllll about the texture. If it

This pour over is alllll about the texture. If it turns out as planned, it will become one of my fundraising items for reptile rescue and care from the bushfire catastrophe.
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#hopethisworks #chunky #reptillian #chattering #textural #pourover #coffeecoffeecoffee #wheelthrown #handmadeinadelaide

Throwing!!! Yaaaaay!! #favouritethings . I filmed

Throwing!!! Yaaaaay!! #favouritethings
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I filmed this (very poorly cropped) video so I could figure out why I struggle to throw a collar on my pour over unless I throw off the hump (a bigger hunk of clay than I need for the final piece).
In so doing, I discovered other very naught habits that crept up on me.. I now know I can't "get away with a quick throw".. And must put water at wheel height instead of using my double bucket on the floor... #naughtynahnie
Thought y'all might enjoy some mudslinging.

Titty Tumbler. That is all.

Titty Tumbler.
That is all.

This gorgeous lumpy bumpy mug feels just like a wa

This gorgeous lumpy bumpy mug feels just like a warm hug. 😍 Love how the glaze turned out on this one too.

Finishing off the trimming of a small soup bowl (s

Finishing off the trimming of a small soup bowl (start of video in today's stories).
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It has a partner in crime, of slightly different proportions... Oops, but cute in a way. I'll take a happy snap when this one gets to bone dry like the predecessor.
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Burnishing the foot with a lovely little tumbled rose quartz. Also note love on shirt 😍😊 Everything in this room is love love love. #noplaceidratherbe .
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#waddlewaddle #mybloodyuterus #endoawareness #cantusemypsoas #finallyfiguredoutwhy #vitalhealthendometriosiscenter

I left a ring around the middle... My plan was mak

I left a ring around the middle... My plan was make this mug black, with a red ring... But when I started glazing the 50 odd pieces in front of me, that all went out the window. 🤔🙄 I'm still keen to see how she would look in black and red... But.. I'm still REALLY happy with how this babe turned out. #thosegreens 😍😍😍

Trimming up this wobbly bowl. . It's wobbly becaus

Trimming up this wobbly bowl.
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It's wobbly because there's a couple of fragments of leaf and bit of twig stuck in it.
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There's a couple of fragments of leaf and bit of twig stuck in it because I recycle my clay (poorly some might argue... And I'd agree.)
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It does turn throwing and trimming into a sort of mini archeology dig though... So there's that 😁
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Watch me mutter when I find it, try to dig it out, realise it's bigger than I thought, thus requiring me to grind away a few more ribbons of clay and leaf and twig with my very blunt implements. 😳
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Also, wearing my new favourite #threadlesstees singlet. 😅😊

Another sweet little dish from last months glazing

Another sweet little dish from last months glazing, inspired by sunset over my favourite hills to shore. Especially that wave dribble.
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Would hold one watch, or necklace, a few bracelets or some rings....
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Would also work as a sipping bowl for delicate / high quality liquids that benefit from a wide surface area and generation of aromas from breathing air entering the vessel whilst sipping 🤔 .
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#willungahills #saheapsgood

A portrait. Blackened, bleeding, torn. Transforme

A portrait.
Blackened, bleeding, torn.
Transformed through fire.
Both fragile and strong.
Didn't realise when I was making it that it wasn't just about me.

Though I love them and creating them distracts me

Though I love them and creating them distracts me from my pain and gives me something to look forward to... The country is burning and my desire to 'be an artist' is fighting extremely hard with my 'what right do I have'.
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All I can say for now is, I'm definitely scaling back on what gets put in the kiln moving forward.. Which likely means fewer pics, or more pics of different angles of the same stuff... And more plants. Documenting what remains left of our flora seems like a justifiable pass time at least...
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#handmade #coloursofourcountry #seaandvines #southaustralianpottery #nebula

Australia is burning, but we're still celebrating

Australia is burning, but we're still celebrating... Apparently.
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I don't have any suggestions either... I do what I can as one person, but it's seriously not much. Policy needs to change, but that seems impossible when money talks as loud as it does and fucking abhorrent religious puppets get into power because of same money.
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#merrycrisis #notinfestivemood

For tactile people. A delicious mug/cup/tumbler to

For tactile people. A delicious mug/cup/tumbler to prolongedly grope. If I invented some words... You're welcome. 👍😅

Tits, tits and more tits. Oh, and a bit of Willung

Tits, tits and more tits. Oh, and a bit of Willunga inspiration thrown in. ☺️

Cosmos in a cup. 💙💜💙 Each piece a tactile

Cosmos in a cup.
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Each piece a tactile, functional, one off artwork.

Argh... Can't help it.... This one is winkin or bl

Argh... Can't help it.... This one is winkin or blinkin... Either way.. So cute!!! Quite a big holder.. Hot chocolate I'm thinking.... Not really the season for it though... Need to spend some time documenting these things... 😖#idontwanna

New glaze combo. Ngl, kinda in love. #sunsetinthef

New glaze combo. Ngl, kinda in love.
#sunsetinthefleurieu

I went and got out the good camera... It kinda sho

I went and got out the good camera... It kinda shows.
I forced myself to, despite my sore wrist and back and abdomen and legs... Because it's overcast and I really should use it to my advantage while I can... 🙄
Least it gives me something to smile about now I'm back laying at my computer editing.... 💜💛💜

Dis new liquid keeper has surprise hearts all over

Dis new liquid keeper has surprise hearts all over it 😍

I wonder who I made it for??🤔 Was it for you?

Handmade over 6 weeks two lots of 24+hrs kiln time and hand sanding till its smooth as a river stone.
$60. DM me for local pick up.

Alllll the colours!! 💖 It's actually quite a ti

Alllll the colours!! 💖
It's actually quite a tiny cup. My hands are small, and I'm using all kinds of light/lens/physics trickery to catch the colours in this part of the glaze, thus magnifying the cup... 🙄 #greatforsipping
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I've tried a couple times to get these colours again, but no such luck. Fingers crossed the next load from the kiln achieves the right heat/layer combo. 😊👍
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#handpainted #oneofakind #eucalyptussideroxylonrosea #inspiredbythelocals #prettytrees

These tittied folk in conversation were casualties

These tittied folk in conversation were casualties in the experimental failure that was my bead beam... They ended the match with a few scars and a permanent resident 😅

One of my trinket plates got a different imprint.

One of my trinket plates got a different imprint. I tried a new technique, so it could be my own design. Still some tweaking to do.. I didn't invest much time in the template as I didn't think it would work at all... But I think it could work, and could be a way to mass produce and reduce costs. Now to decide if that's the path I want to take... 🤔🤔🤔

Oh hey there sweet cheeks! #pinchypinchy #bootybow

Oh hey there sweet cheeks! #pinchypinchy
#bootybowl

I can't believe I pulled this babe from the heat s

I can't believe I pulled this babe from the heat so many months ago. So much has happened in the last 3 months.. But kiln firings has not been one of them 😭😭
Love how the celedon glaze runs and pools through her stretch marks and cracks, highlighting her imperfect perfectness, creation from workable to firm, soft to strong.
I'm finally back making this week, after working even harder than I have the past 25 years, working harder on nutrition, herbs, nerve, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, exercise and sleep to get my body better and able to make some end of year creations. #chronicartist

Sold this gal on the weekend. 😍 Truly hope her

Sold this gal on the weekend. 😍 Truly hope her new owner is enjoying her many colours. Wish I had told him she was my pick of the kiln. 80 or so pieces went in, and she is my favourite to come out. 💜😍💜 (lots of very close second favourites 🙊)

Missed many a dessert for this. Worth it.

Missed many a dessert for this.
Worth it.

Under the edge. Stretch marks.

Under the edge. Stretch marks.

Pale blue dots 🔵💙🔵 #texture

Pale blue dots 🔵💙🔵
#texture

More of the #dirtydishes I'll be selling at #gathe

More of the #dirtydishes I'll be selling at #gathereddesignmarket this weekend. 10am - 4pm, Saturday and Sunday. Wish me luck. 😊
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#puttingonmybraveface

Looking forward to getting home and continuing to

Looking forward to getting home and continuing to refurbish the 'old chiro room' into a spanking new clay studio so I can spin more of these babies up. 😍

Supposed to be a bell, but I glazed the hole shut.... Still considering my options. Think I might have to make a metal clasp for the top in jewellery classes... And I have other ideas for the dingle bit.(really need to learn bell anatomy too...) Got over 4000 photos from New Zealand to process first though. 😮😀

I mean.. How can I not be inspired?!!! 🤤

I mean.. How can I not be inspired?!!! 🤤

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