Pottery by Osa

@potterybyosa
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Nigerian American studio potter (she/her)

Gulf Coast Florida

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Solar powered home & studio 🌞

I get verbose in the #alttext



PFP: selfie. dark skinned Black woman with shoulder length locs wearing sunglasses. Blurred white beach sand and stormy sky background.


Header: A collection of intricately designed pottery pieces, including jars, cups, and a lidded container collaged on top of photo of a multicolored clay deposit.

Websitehttps://www.potterybyosa.com
Gardening Accounthttps://mastodon.green/@PermaSolarPotter
Pottery by Osa7h ago
Show threadNora Reed 7h ago
my mother in law gave us all her fiestaware and i think they're the nicest thing we own that isn't jewelry
Pottery by Osa8h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DaddyJew/116435087621279464

This toot has been living rent-free in my head ever since I read it a week ago 😂

Pottery by Osa8h ago
Molli Woodtagger8h ago
Roter Hollunder blüht
#fieldnotes #watercolour #botanical
Pottery by Osa15h ago
It's almost open studio time. This is my first time putting a sign in the intersection that leads from the main road to my street, plus another one out in front of the house. Wonder if it'll make any difference.
Show threadPottery by Osa15h ago
I wanted to show this mug finished. It's one of the pieces I sent to Red Lodge for the "Clay As Place" show, labeled with the locations where the #clay I used to make the decorating slip was collected. #pottery #ceramics #WildClay
Pottery by Osa1d ago
Strangely enough, a North Carolina potter named Laurie Caffrey lost her home in an electrical fire (unrelated to her #pottery studio) and now she and her family are displaced and she can’t work. I just had my own small scare yesterday. Why does life have to be so terrifying? Here’s the donation link just in case anyone would like to help: https://gofund.me/d0983b1b7
Donate to Help Laurie and Morgan After the Fire, organized by Kate Averett

Laurie and Morgan's sweet blue house with the lush garden is always bustling with f… Kate Averett needs your support for Help Laurie and Morgan After the Fire

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Pottery by Osa1d ago

Before/After

Photo 1: painted with wild clay decorating slips, unglazed, unfired.

Photo 2: glazed and fired. The earth tones are clay slips (terra sigillata), the glossy aqua and white are glaze.

#pottery #process #transformation #alchemy #ceramics

Pottery by Osa1d ago
Renkon1d ago

> Each zine was part of this larger project, a communal push to create a scrappy literary scene of our own. To build a space with our own rules of reciprocity, care, and enthusiasm. This experience, of writing for an audience of a few hundred people fostered in me a love of writing for its own sake.

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

https://lithub.com/a-diy-literary-education-how-zines-taught-me-to-be-a-novelist/

#zines #zine #YouShouldMakeAZine

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

The small secretary desk where I write is tucked into a corner of my bedroom. I spent hundreds of mornings here, shaping and reshaping the manuscript of my novel, Temporary Palaces, while a few fee…

Literary Hub
Show threadPottery by Osa2d ago
Spoke to a Skutt kiln tech and was assured that the receptacle was installed correctly the first time and that events like this very rarely actually cause fires. Phew! I needed that insight before calling the same electricians back to work on it.
Pottery by Osa2d ago
My lovely little studio that I just posted about could have burned down, but my Skutt electric #kiln shut down automatically to prevent it. The receptacle was previously showing signs of wear and tear and began melting and smoking during the last firing. I believe I need an industrial grade outlet. Instead, what was installed is more residential grade--what one would install for a washer/dryer. Super scary. Spending the morning calling the electrician and Skutt in Oregon. Very close call.