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Etsy shop update will be Tuesday, October 24th at 2pm Eastern Time!

https://dragonstarart.etsy.com

#dragonstarart #ceramics #cats #halloween

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These three kitties are in my bigcartel shop right now! They'll be gone quickly, so don't wait!

#cats #ceramics #dragonstarart #bigcartel

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✨️ The next Etsy shop update will be Thursday, August 3rd at 6pm eastern time! ✨️

This update is mostly cats, with a few fairy owls and two fairy frogs. It feels good to finally have a proper shop update coming! 

I want to thank you for all your patience while I finished moving and setting up my studio. 💖

#ceramics #cats #dragonstarart #etsyshop

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So much has happened lately!

We finally bought a house in Winchester, VA.

I now have a clay studio in the basement. It has been mostly unpacked, but still very disorganized. And I need to paint the walls.

Last weekend I had a shed installed to fire the kiln in. The electrician installed all the correct wiring for my current kiln, as well as wiring for the kiln I'm planning to buy as soon as I pay off the shed.

These four owls in the photos were sent to Charlie Cummings Gallery for their show Birds! Birds! I think 2 of them are currently still available at their website.

#dragonstarart #ceramics #owls #clay

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“Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water. And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent, but nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day you are going to find yourself again.”

— Finn Butler, From The Wreckage  (via thequotejournals)

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I don’t understand where this need for diverse artistic expression in themes comes from? Like WHY? Why would you need to draw and paint 457495 or even 20 different things? Why can’t you just paint and draw the few things you really like?

Seriously! Let’s see some artists:

Pepe Shimada paints cats with bright colors and from a front or side view. Sometimes there is a polar bear, but 98% of paintings it is a cat.

Maud Lewis painted the same black cats with yellow eyes, countryside landscapes and animals with flat colors.

Boris Groh mainly paints the same gigantic Gashadoguro-like skeleton. He is most well-known for it.

Tetsuo Takahara painted cats looking at you with earthy colors. Sometimes there’s a tiny dog, but 99% are cat pics. 

Mark Rothko painted just squares and rectangles, most often on a single color background. 

Jakub Rozalski paints werewolves, soldiers of the same time line, monsters and mechanical machines again and again. 

Yoshiro Takahashi has made his decades long mangaka  career with dog manga only. He just draws dogs, with the same style, year after year, story after story. 

Yves Klein invented his own blue color (Klein’s Blue) and just used it over and over again.

Miss Monster has made her career out of monster mask, monster items and monster designs. She has worked with Guillermo del Toro. 

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE! DO NOT FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FAVE SUBJECTS! DRAW AND PAINT AND SCULPT AND WRITE THE SAME FRIGGING THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND COMES NATURALLY FROM YOU! 

Every artist has their own special genre/style/theme/color palette. Do not try to be 100 different artists at the same time (unless if it your happy calling). Just be you. Unironically paint 56869 birds with green feathers,  make 100 werewolf high school comics, draw dogs with collars, use flat colors, paint clouds.

BE UNAPOLOGETICALLY YOU.

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Happy Caturday from Winchester Virginia!

Yep, we did it. We moved and left Texas behind. I dropped off lots of cats and owls to be fired at a nearby ceramic shop. We'll start officially house hunting in about a week and then I'll be able to set up my own kiln again. This part of the country is so beautiful!

#caturday #cats #virginia #shenandoah valley #so long Texas #it wasn't working out #it was you not me

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New repeat pattern in the most horrible color palette! 😵‍💫 Voting is currently open on spoonflower.

Fair warning, your eyes may begin to bleed if you attempt to vote. Blame Pantone. They chose the palette for this contest. I'll have better color options for this soon.

Vote on Spoonflower

#dragonstarart #spoonflower #surface pattern design #fabric design #cats

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Frogs! I'm making a large batch for the next shop update. 💖

✨️ What fun colors would you like to see? ✨️

The next big shop update will likely be right at the end of the year or very early next year.

#ceramics #dragonstarart #frogs

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Santa is on strike due to global warming.  All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger.  Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.

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Lovely transparency on this ghost! Yes, I'm still making Halloween items. 👻

#dragonstarart #ceramics #halloween everyday

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Instagram has suspended my main and secondary accounts today. The same thing has happened to thousands of other people as well. I hope my account gets restored soon :(

#instagram #instagram down #dragonstarart #ceramics

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Tomorrow, October 31st, I'll have a few pieces available in the Halloween Delights show held by @charliecummingsgallery 🎃🎃🎃! I can't wait to see all the fantastic work submitted by the other artists in the show. 👻 #ceramicart #halloweendelights #charliecummingsgallery #ceramicshow #ihavethisthingwithceramics #halloween #ghostcat #halloweendecor #dragonstarart https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVuaj6Lzgk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ceramicart #halloweendelights #charliecummingsgallery #ceramicshow #ihavethisthingwithceramics #halloween #ghostcat #halloweendecor #dragonstarart

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Happy Caturday! More ghost plates are coming soon! #cats #caturday #ghosts #halloween #ghostcat #halloweendecor #ihavethisthingwithceramics #dragonstarart https://www.instagram.com/p/CkUOneyL8gB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cats #caturday #ghosts #halloween #ghostcat #halloweendecor #ihavethisthingwithceramics #dragonstarart

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A couple of mandrakes and some odd hedgehogs are currently in my bigcartel shop! The hedgehogs were hiding in a dusty box. Who knows what else I'll find while packing up my entire house?🙃 #ceramicfigurine #mandrake #wizardcrafts #mandragora #hedgehog #bigcartelshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOdwAwLNin/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ceramicfigurine #mandrake #wizardcrafts #mandragora #hedgehog #bigcartelshop

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One more time in the kiln to turn the blue into a rainbow overglaze. 💖 #cats #ghosts #halloween #spooky #halloweenart #halloweendecor #wip #ceramics #ihavethisthingwithceramics #dragonstarart https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMzGqND7Gf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cats #ghosts #halloween #spooky #halloweenart #halloweendecor #wip #ceramics #ihavethisthingwithceramics #dragonstarart

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I'm waiting for this one to finish firing. 💖 #ceramicart #ghosts #halloween #spooky #halloweenart #halloweendecor #slabplate #ceramicplates #trinketdish https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJ1pmEr-ij/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ceramicart #ghosts #halloween #spooky #halloweenart #halloweendecor #slabplate #ceramicplates #trinketdish