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objects for slow living ✿ based in atx
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Trying some new things this month and really pleased with how this particular glaze combo turned out - always satisfying when a “cross your fingers then wait and see” experiment pays off! Wishing everyone a lovely and creative Sunday 🌸

#texaspottery #atxpottery #floralceramics #glazingpottery #smallbusinesssunday by @bloemceramics

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Hi! I’m Jenny, the artist behind BLOEM Ceramics. Here’s a little bit about myself so we can get to know each other!
1. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where I currently live with my husband, Jonathan, and our two Boston terriers, Finn and Izzy (pictured here!). My little family is the joy of my life.
2. I started my ceramics journey at 16, learning functional pottery on the wheel - I hoped to pursue it in college, but opted for a “sensible” path (here I am, 16 years later!).
3. I left my corporate job earlier this year to pursue a creative career full time; best decision I have ever made for my both my mental health and my own sense of purpose and fulfillment. I had always felt like a square peg in a round hole, and it feels so wonderful to be pursuing something truly aligned with who I am.
4. Right after I left my job, my husband and I took a trip to the Netherlands during tulip season - I’d visited as a child, and had been wanting to go back for decades. Walking through literal miles of tulip fields was the most restorative and inspiring experience. I chose the name “Bloem” (dutch for flower) in honor of that experience that helped me reconnect with myself.
5. When I first started out as a potter, glazing was my least favorite part of the process. While it’s still a leap of faith (that comes with all sorts of fun of its own), it’s become my favorite. For me, it’s where the magic happens. The excitement that comes with a kiln opening makes me feel like a kid every single time. by @bloemceramics

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New mugs out of the kiln featuring a few new glazing combinations and negative space botanical designs! What do we think?🌿

#austinceramics #glazingpottery #ceramicist #botanicalpottery #texaspottery by @bloemceramics

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POV: You’re always looking for inspiration in natural textures and landscapes 🌊

These ended up being some of my favorite results from various glaze tests this past month! Which do you like best?

#ceramicist #glazing #atxpottery #ceramicsdaily #glazecombo glazing pottery ceramics glaze inspo by @bloemceramics

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New from the kiln! I had a lot of fun with some new styles for this batch (many of them glaze tests to varying degrees of success!). But there are definitely a few I’m looking forward to recreating!

Ceramics pottery glazing Handbuilding wheelthrowing potter ceramicist kiln haul
#ceramicist #femalepotter #atxpottery #austinceramics #kilnhaul by @bloemceramics

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Extra special matcha today in a piece from my latest kiln haul 🍵 Love it even more because my husband helped me with glazing!

2x @amacobrent Textured Turquoise with a band of 2x Iron Lustre at the top. Same combo on my matcha bowl in a different clay body, both from @armadillo_clay

#ceramicist #femalepotter #atxpottery #matchalatte functionalceramics by @bloemceramics

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Reason number 1,426 why you marry your best friend ❤️ Very excited for these extra special pieces to be fired!

#austinpotter #atxpottery #femalepotter #ceramicist #clayarts by @bloemceramics

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Rich in life to eat strawberries out of bowl I made! This was a glazing test that didn’t turn out at all the way I’d expected, but that’s always the fun of it 🍓

#atxceramics #texaspottery #femalepotter #ceramicist #austinpottery by @bloemceramics

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Glazing day for these two! ✨

#texaspotter #femalepotter #austinceramics #floralceramics #texasmakers by @bloemceramics

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Having fun with some wavy shapes. Excited to turn these into some jewelry / catch-all dishes! And a sneak peak at a big WIP in the background exploring some of the same organic forms 🌊

#femalepotter #ceramicsart #austinpotter #ceramicist #ceramicobjects by @bloemceramics

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Quick cylinder practice with no trending audio - just the sound of the wheel (and of someone else’s audio book 😅). What should we turn her into? 🤔

#austinpotter #atxpottery #ceramicist #femalepotter #wheelthrowing by @bloemceramics

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I couldn’t help but add some sweet floral adornments to this commissioned pedestal water bowl for a special kitty 🌸
// Working with Balcones White from @armadillo_clay

#atxpottery #ceramicist #floralceramics #femalepotter #texaspotter taken in Austin, Texas by @bloemceramics

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