I’ve seen so many beautiful chickens from you all and especially Andrea’s rocking chickens are so adorable and fun and Pat you found a cute template 😍. I just wanted to add to the fun and share another template from Ceramics by Jas that I made several years back when she had the pottery classes, community with members. Now she only have the templates and some videos online. I think Jaspreet is a great potter and she does so many beautiful things. Here is one of my chickens I did 🥰 🐓🌱 Here’s the template from Jas: https://ceramics-by-jas-learning.newzenler.com/courses/hand-built-chicken-holder-templates

Last week Andrea of RubyACeramics posted a video on how to make a chicken vase. Then when I was looking through one of my old quilt books I found a pattern for a chicken that was very similar. So I kind of morphed them into my own. But I want mine to be a flower pot so I’m using a sculptural clay that can go outside, a wider base, and a bigger hole. She’s going to take me a while to finish. At least I hope I can make this work! Here’s a picture of my start. I’ll probably need to adjust the bottom.

Good morning, my sweet little mice ☀️ I’m sitting here with my small pre-work breakfast and suddenly had a very important question… How do you like your eggs? Soft-boiled with a runny yolk? Hard-boiled? Sunny-side up? Scrambled? Poached? Eggs Benedict? Or any other masterpiece? I honestly believe eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods in the world. Packed with high-quality protein, healthy fats, choline, vitamins, minerals — they’re simple, but incredibly powerful. And I’m especially grateful to have my own chickens, so I know exactly where my eggs come from and what kind of quality I’m getting. That makes breakfast even better. Now it’s your turn: Show me your breakfast eggs! 🥚✨ And one more important question… Do you use egg cups? 👀 If yes — I want to see your masterpieces! It’s the weekend — maybe you’ve made something beautiful. Drop your egg pictures below! Let’s see what’s cooking in this community 💛

Hey lovely pottery people 🤍 I’d really value your brains on something. My last three YouTube videos have underperformed compared to my usual average view count, and I’m trying to figure out why? My teapot kiln opening hasn’t done as well as I had hoped & the last 2, gold lustre firing & tutorial are some of the lowest I’ve had since starting last June. It feels like a huge dramatic drop & I don’t know why? I have reviewed other channels of similar subscriber counts and my videos are clearly under performing for some reason. For those of you who’ve experienced this before: • Have you found it’s usually thumbnail related? • Topic interest? • First 30 seconds / retention? • Posting timing? • Or just… algorithm mood swings? I’m trying to approach it analytically rather than emotionally 😢 and would love to hear: • What metrics you look at first when something underperforms • Whether you tweak thumbnails/titles after publishing • Any patterns you’ve noticed in your own pottery content I really appreciate this community — it’s so helpful being able to compare notes with other clay humans 🙌

If y'all agree, I'd like to propose a challenge for March. In my baby potter days (and still!) I was participating in Tim See's beginner's throwing class Facebook page. One of the assignments he posted was to pick a historical pot, research how it was made, and recreate it. It was a fun and informative project, and I learned a lot. I chose to recreate a historical face jug at the time, and learned a lot about early pottery in the United States, colonial slavery, and ways that people expressed themselves when their open voicing of opinions were suppressed. I'm curious what projects others would select, how they go about recreating the historical piece, and what they learn in the journey. To participate: -Pick a historical piece -Research how it was created -Recreate the pot -Document your process -Post images of the historical piece and your piece -Share what you learned or why you chose that particular piece Let's make history fun, and help each other learn about things we might otherwise not explore.