Category: Ceramics

  • Happy World Ocean Day!

    Happy World Ocean Day!

    Throwback to 2024’s best piece ever – the octopus. Take action for World Ocean Day. Sign the

  • Development of a Form

    Development of a Form

    An overview of the development of the UFO plant pot. p.s. only includes the versions that made it to glazing…

  • Designing with Glaze vs Underglaze

    Designing with Glaze vs Underglaze

    First, how are ceramics made? (generally) … As you can probably see, there are a lot of opportunities to vary the design at each stage – that is what makes each piece unique to the artist.

  • Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

    Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

    Prototypes are key! Been testing a few new approaches to make plain cylindrical plant pots more interesting. See one of my new favorites – in process. Thoughts:

  • Strawberry Season

    Strawberry Season

    Spring and summer are particularly exciting because most fruits are back in season… the below chart is a fairly accurate explanation of how long it took to make the strawberry mug…

  • Gradient Plant Pot Update!

    Gradient Plant Pot Update!

    That’s hot.

  • Daring to make Dinnerware

    Daring to make Dinnerware

    Earlier this year, I completed a four person 5-piece dinnerware set commission, my largest project to date (20 total pieces!) Thoughts: …

  • 2025 – Year of the Snake

    2025 – Year of the Snake

    Happy Year of the Snake! Fun fact: I was born in early February 1997 (typically considered the Year of the Ox) and thought I was an Ox for the first 18 years of my life…

  • Time Well Spent

    Time Well Spent

    These plant pot forms takes about 5 hours to paint by hand, but I consider it time well spent since they look SO GOOD afterwards. For this specific piece, I used leftover paint colors (mixed from another project) to create …

  • Setting up selenaceramics.com

    Setting up selenaceramics.com

    As a hobbyist potter, there are really only a few avenues available to sell pieces… For those that are interested, see below table for set-up costs applicable to the first year.