Thinking about supplies and failures. 🧶 . [details for makers] cotton yarn, knit into a vase form, coated in porcelain slip. Through the kiln twice (the second trip being the one that took it down). 📝 . #ceramics #ceramicart #porcelain #porcelainart #fiberart #knitstagram #knitting #knittedporcelain

There are so many questions on my reel about my process making these knitted porcelain pieces. Trying to answer the most common ones here! One last common one -“You know you can’t use them as vases because they have holes???” Yes! I know! I use them for dry flowers. You’re cute, though. 💐 🧶 . . ]details for makers] cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. 📝 . . #knitting #knittedporcelain #fiberart #porcelain #porcelainart #ceramics #ceramicart

I mean this as a love letter to my fellow artists. I’m not accusing anyone of stealing from me nor confessing to any stealing myself. We aren’t all Picasso over here. Just trying to bring some beauty into the world. Love to all those who create artwork with their hands ♥️🧶 . [details for makers] knitted porcelain - cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. These are available on my website.📝 Bukhoor jars - I threw a closed form with brown speckled clay, cut it apart, trimmed to make it into a jar +lid, carved, glazed with ivory glaze. These I plan to start selling closer to Ramadan inshallah. 📝 . #ceramicart #porcelainart #knittedporcelain #ceramics #knitting #greatartistssteal

I do plan to sell these, inshallah, but they aren’t listed quite yet. ✨ . . [details for makers] I threw a closed form with brown speckled clay, cut it apart, trimmed to make it into a jar +lid, carved, glazed with ivory glaze. 📝 . #ceramics #ceramicart #bukhoor

I knitted them during the day and they’re glowing for me at night. ✨ Making knitted porcelain vases and luminaries is my current rabbit hole. 🧶 🌙 . . [details for makers] cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. 📝 . . #knitting #knittedporcelain #fiberart #porcelain #porcelainart #ceramics #ceramicart

It took me a little too long there to realize - it’s easier to blow out these luminaries without picking them up! 🧶 . . [details for makers] cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. 📝 . . #knittedporcelain #ceramics #porcelainart #knitting #fiberart

It’s dark this morning in Michigan. I love the dark blue luminaries at night, but the white and lighter ones really shine during the day. ✨ 🧶 . [details for makers] part of making these is letting go of control. As all potters know, that last firing is make or break - literally - and we have to accept that the final shape is to a certain extent out of our control 📝 . . #knittedporcelain #knitting #fiberart #porcelainart

The machines can never compete with the artistry passed through generations. 🧶 . . [details for makers] Yes, it has to be 100% natural fibers for the yarn. You do not want to burn plastic. . #knittedporcelain #knitting #ceramics #ceramicart #yarnrecycling

The ironies of trying to go fast when the process is really slow. Well! At least I do love these slow processes! 🧶 . . [details for makers] My last reel on my knitted porcelain pieces really took off. I’m so grateful for all the sales and interest, if also a little overwhelmed. 😳😳Alhamdulilah. The fastest pieces to sell seem to have been ones with a lower price point and the darker blues, so I’m working on more of those! For real details on this process, my last reel has tons of them!📝 . . #knitting #knittedporcelain #ceramics #ceramicart #porcelain

I’m still obsessed with making these and have some going in the kiln today. I’ve also returned to an iteration of myself I dearly love - Laura who knits in public. 🧶 . [details for makers] I’m using thinner slip because I want to be able to alter the form of my piece as a I go more easily. Layering on takes more time, but so far I prefer the results. 📝 . #knittedporcelain #knitting #knitstagram #porcelain #ceramics #ceramicsofinstagram

Some days I really wish that I could refine my aesthetic, stick to one genre, get really good at something… But most days, I’m grateful that I’m not stuck doing one thing. Or living in the shadow of past success. Alhamdulilah🏺 . . [details for makers] wheel thrown closed form (because I don’t love making lidded vessels in two forms). Hand carved. Brown speckled clay. Still to be fired. We’ll see if it survives. 📝 . . #ceramics #ceramicart #brownclay #pottery

The paths we’re on in life are often unknown until we reach the end of one. . [details for makers] what a gift we’re given to make things with our hands. All other notes are in the video 😊 📝 . #quilting #indigo #indigodye #handquilting

Prepping my house for fall 🍂 If drying flowers and lighting candles is part of your fall plan, maybe these pieces would like a home with you! ✨ knitted porcelain ✨ now available for purchase on my website ✨ . [details for makers] cotton yarn (harvested from old sweaters, leftovers from knitting, etc.) knitted into new forms, coated in porcelain slip, fired once (burning away the yarn), glazed, and fired a final time. 📝 . #knittedporcelain #fiberartist #fiberart #blueceramics #ceramics #ceramicart

My little collection of ✨ knitted porcelain ✨ is now available for purchase on my website! Until it sells out, I’ll be doing giveaways every weekend! First up is this sweet blue vase. To enter: ✨ follow me! @mender.maker ✨ comment tagging a friend (each comment is an entry!) ✨ like and share! If you share to stories, be sure to tag me! . Giveaway is open until 9 pm Sunday Sept. 20th. U.S. only (sorry international friends!) This all feels a little cheesy/IG silly, but I truly love to give things away more than to sell them. Thanks for being here and your support! . [details for makers] cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. 📝 . #knittedporcelain #ceramics #ceramicart #fiberart #fiberartistsofinstagram

✨ Knitted Porcelain ✨ ✨ My first little collection of this work is now available for purchase on my website! ✨ . We are what we spend our time doing. I’m so grateful that I was the person who knitted away my anxieties when my kids were young, learned to trust my own abilities, and arrived at making this work. Maybe no one else will care for it, but I know that the process of making it was worth it whether it sells or not. 🧶 . [details for makers] cotton yarn (always harvested from the cotton yarn already in my life - old sweaters, leftovers, etc, etc) Now being knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip. Fired once then again with a clear glaze. 📝 . #ceramics #ceramicart #fiberart #fiberartistsofinstagram #knittedporcelain

✨ New collection of work dropping 9/19 at noon Eastern ✨ ✨ knitted porcelain ✨ . Did you ever see someone fake knitting on TV or in a movie? Not sure why, but my actual knitting looked like that in this video! I swear, I was really knitting, though! 🧶 . [details for makers] cotton yarn, knitted into forms, slowly coated in porcelain slip, fired once (burning away the yarn), then again with a clear glaze 📝 . #knittedporcelain #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicartist #makersofinstagram #fiberart #fiberartist

Leaning into the sentimental and personal with a goal of making work that feels universal.