@emeraldmd.bsky.social

@emeraldmd.bsky.social

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Hobby potter, hobby gardener, retired MD, grandma, lover of nature, science and art.

2 ft by 6 inch ceramic planter. Carved design on the side, blue-green glaze.
8 inch vase with swirling blue, blue-green and black glaze.
View from above into the sunken water garden. Lace leaf Japanese maples, pine, juniper and variegated sweet flag. And plenty of weeds.
Flowering plants in a shade garden (currently sunny): hellebores, bleeding heart, pieris japonica.
Two ceramic round pots about two inches high. Glaze is a maroon-brown with turquoise highlights.
Rectangular ceramic butter dish in dark navy and off white. A streak of blue where the white and navy meet.
Plastic container with mix of mesclun seedlings. About 10% lettuce seedlings and the rest look like mustard family seedlings.
Navy blue bell shaped bowl with leaf pattern carved on sides.
Stack of 7 inch blue plates and one 9 inch blue plate with 3 sections.
12 x 6 x 7 inch deep oval ceramic planter containing various herbs. The outside is carved depicting a brick wall with bare trees. Trees have iron oxide wash, background is olive green glaze over a medium stoneware clay.
Five vases with hexagonal cross sections, curved and twisted. Grouped together holding ivory colored roses. Vases are glazed in blues and greens.
4 inch square tile close up of gray cat face with green eyes.
Twelve inch cube shaped flower pot with "tiles" in blues and greens of painted-on glaze, dark chocolate clay
Teal bowl with handles and fern-like carving.
Ceramic turtle with green glazed carapace and eyes, remainder unglazed.
5 inch multicolored ceramic egg with carved scales. Each scale was painted with a different glaze and raku fired.
Navy blue ceramic bowl with slightly flared lip
Terracotta colored carved turtle, terracotta colored large pot with paddled cloud design on the bottom, shiny smooth top half. Both show charring from flame firing.
6 inch flower pot made from white, brown and chocolate clay giving an agate, or marbled, appearance. Glazed with a clear glaze.
Midnight blue mug with carved flower design. Flower is painted with smokey merlot and tourmaline glazes in carved areas.
Two hand built frogs for the garden, about 5 inches, in greenware (unfired) stage.
6 inch diameter bulbous jar with lid. White crackle raku glaze with carved black unglazed leaf design on lid and jar.
approximately 6 inch x 8 inch flat markers for use in the garden - tomatoes, basil, lettuce, herbs, asparagus - with butterfly and depiction of plant.
Large ceramic bowl with green rim and floating blue glaze on lower half.
Basement studio corner showing broken bisque slab negative used to make tile texture for hand built pots.
Table lamp with shade. Rectangular ceramic base painted with multiple glazes painted to resemble tiles.
White clay tea set decorated with pink daphne flowers. Tray, 6 cups, saucers, creamer, sugar bowl, teapot and trivet.
blue stoneware casserole dish with handles and lid. Carved leaves on the front.
Sunny open porch with herbs in hand made pottery.