Author Archives: Kira Call Ceramics

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About Kira Call Ceramics

Just a girl in Wyoming playing with mud and making pottery for a living. Living the dream! :)

Too much or too little?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Kira Call Ceramics

Etsy Pricing and hair pulling– I’ve been having trouble deciding how much to charge for my pots on Etsy. There was a point when I was charging $30-$35 for tea bowls, and that was when I was less experienced in … Continue reading →

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Mug Perfection

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Perfect is a loaded word, for sure. But I am seriously so happy with how these mugs have been coming out of the kiln. They are exactly how I envisioned them when I came up with the design. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Working my way off the “high dive”

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Kira Call Ceramics

I’ve been having a hard time finding motivation the last couple of weeks. I caught a flu over the holidays and I still feel like I’m trying to get over it, but we’ve been having subzero “real feel” temperatures here … Continue reading →

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New Work

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Kira Call Ceramics

  I fired some work here in Massachusetts just a few days before I flew home for the holidays. I was able to photograph some of the pots back here in Massachusetts a few days ago. I’m really excited about … Continue reading →

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Spring Fever

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Kira Call Ceramics

Snow dusts the ground of the Berkshires People hide in their houses I sit outside with a tobacco pipe The cold bites my nose, but there’s something on my mind.   Life is a bigger picture than I can see … Continue reading →

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Black and White

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Above is a photo I took of the bottom of a finished and fired cup that I made recently. It translates so well into a graphic photo. Although I’m hooked on the bright colors of my recent work, I … Continue reading →

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Getting closer

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Kira Call Ceramics

  I’m really satisfied with the way my pebble design looks on my curvy cups. I just made some bowls but haven’t decorated them yet, but I have been thinking that I should branch out and make other forms. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Pebbles!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Kira Call Ceramics

My latest design idea evolved from my “amoeba” design. I’ve decided it looks like pebbles falling through water, the biggest and heaviest settling first, followed by the smaller ones on top. I’m gonna keep rockin’ and rollin’ with it, because … Continue reading →

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New Mugs in the Making

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Alright, so once upon I time in my ceramic education at Utah State University, someone told me that you always make the same handle for every mug. I’ve been trying to prove that theory false with the evolution of … Continue reading →

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Mastering my ceramic surfaces!

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Kira Call Ceramics

  Well, I think I’m getting really satisfied with my ability to get the surfaces I want. I am addicted to using spray bottles. They give me quick and elegant surfaces, and with the underglazes I invest in, I am … Continue reading →

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