Piper Pottery

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Middle of the U.S.-based artist growing food, kids, and a bunch of prairie plants Piperpottery.com She/her Beware the rants

Reddish clay bottle with little bits and patterns added around the neck that hopefully will look like moss after it’s glazed and fired
My hand holding the Very large bay leaf I grew.
Stacks of stoneware mugs, glazed in green with blue drips on top, and ovals with native leaf impressions on the front
My tiny mama kitty sleeping on my favorite yellow pillow. She looks like a tiny Holstein cow.
My hand holding a stoneware dimple cup with gray bubbles glazed onto it. The background is a dyed turquoise quilt.
Four stoneware bottles lined up on an old table, with a coiled snake, a bumblebee, a writhing snake, and another bee in white glaze designs
A tiny green-glazed stoneware house with three windows and a door, resting on a bed of mini sedum
My hand holding a pretty big sweet potato, from which the end has been cut off for growing slips (new potato plants for this year). Trays planted with sweet potato chunks are in the background.
A tiny stoneware bird vase with a red heart glazed in its chest, and floral wings with yellow flowers, and blue and green glaze on the body and head respectively
Stoneware pitcher with drippy glazes - aqua on base and browns, greens and light blue dripping from top, with just a few crystallized bits for fun. The sides have a dimple for holding.
Three stoneware vases all glazed similarly, with black necks, orange petals, and green leaves around the bases
A row of textured owl slab pieces with “see us” stamped on mini slabs and attached to front, coated with iron oxide before getting more glazes and getting fired again
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. - Fred Rogers The quote is centered on a background of mushrooms growing on a felled oak.
Wood fired ceramic mug with heavy gray ash deposit on top, crackling a bit, fading down to a deep brick red. There is a dimple for your thumb.
Partially buried sweet potato with the start of purple slips growing out of the top.
Two tiny clay owls, one green and one red. The green one looks hopeful, or maybe just quizzical, while the red one is definitely made about something.
A stack of books about growing & preserving food, using plants for dye and health, and one bread making cook book
A small gray rooster with furry feet exits the coop leisurely now that breakfast is being served
Small stoneware house with an angry face, a white glazed roof, and welcome stamped above the door
Stoneware mini house posed next to a baby Japanese Maple and some pinecone, with a cute little moss yard and a pebble path to the door.
Pointer cylinder pot with carved openings, woodfired with gray and orange ash flash
Bound art journal made using an old book called “Past Finding Out” by Dan E. L. Patch
Stoneware speckled clay basket with rope handle, white flower underglaze transfer and white glaze, filled with dried straw flowers, sitting on vintage books
Very small stoneware fairy house carved with faux bois patten and glazed in shino, with two buckeyes stacked next to it
A very handsome rooster with feathers reminiscent of Fabio’s glorious tresses
Rooster ornament made from stoneware clay, impressed with vintage lace, glazed in turquoise with a background of natural leaves and seeds
Some cool mushrooms with brown centers and white edges growing on a stick. Mushroomologists have probably even named them. I call them Elena, Stevie, and Tate.
Tiny stoneware owls and tiny stoneware trees in front of an old wooden crate.
Stoneware cups with a dimple that have a gray stone pattern on the bottom portion and a clay colored layer on the rim dripping down into a bluish-white layer like water
Stoneware arched shrine with stick addition glazed in white
Two cars in a bean bag chair definitely not watching the Super Bowl halftime show on the TV behind them
Stoneware bowls in a variety of vintage lace impressed patterns and glazes, stacked on an old barn board
Stoneware mug with hand cast corn impression, glazed in a drippy bluish glaze over a jade celadon glaze
Vintage wooden desk drawer filled with tiny stoneware houses
Stoneware clay sculpture of a bear, glazed in blue
Let’s Move the Needle book by Shannon Downey sitting on one of my throwing bats
Stoneware birdhouse with oak leaf patterned lid, hanging on an oak tree
Display of mini stoneware pots with green and turquoise glaze and planted with mini succulents
Stoneware planter with carved wood grain pattern around center, glazed in white
White stoneware bowl with dark blue bubble glaze, held up in front of a tree
Cat with coloring similar to a Holstein cow perched on my fresh basket of unfolded laundry
Liatris/blazing star flowers with a monarch butterfly feeding
Stoneware ceramic mug with white wood slice pattern and turquoise glazed rim held by my hand in front of a map of the world
Small woodfired ceramic bottle with excellent color and markings - I kept it
Ceramic spoon rest with fig leaf impression, glazed in green and black
Close up of sunchoke flowers which have yellow centers and long yellow petals
Me, a middle aged white lady, with a turquoise crocheted stocking cap and an ice-dyed pink bandana around my neck, with my chainsaw sitting on a big oak log behind me
A small village of ceramic houses with different colored roofs, displayed on a turquoise metal desk
Bottle of ginger maple sirup with a bowl of malt-o-meal in the background
A hand holding a black carrot muffin that is truly back with a backdrop of the rest of the very, very black batch of muffins
Hand holding five delightfully large garlic cloves, peeled and ready for use