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Five Goblins is the dream of potter, Rennie, and LARPer Nicole Caruso. She makes every day art for everyday life.
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Advancer kiln shelves and a diamond grinding disc saved this mug. I am so fortunate to have loved ones and patrons who helped me get my Advancers. Corderite shelves, even with kiln wash, would have fused with the mug and cracked the bottom. #pottery #lgbtqartist #lgbtartist

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I feel this in my soul so hard. Translation for non-Spanish speakers: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" These are the lemons life gave me

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The rat tracks mug is out! I had pet rats for around 6 years and they make the best pets. Smart, loving, trainable. Only flaw is that they only live for 2-3 years. This little rat is painted as a hooded rat in honor of one of my girls past. #pottery #lgbtqartist #lgbtartist

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Headed home from the VA ren faire. This dragon nightlight sold to a couple doing their nursery in a dragon theme. 🥰😭🥰 I love getting to, in a small way, be part of people's intimate and important moments. Art brings us all together. #lgbtqartist #pottery #dragon #wheelthrownpottery

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

More new glaze combos! My matte black studio glaze pairs super well with both Plum and Blue Monday (by Opulence), and my studio blue likes Blue Monday in the most lovely runny way #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #lgbtqartist #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Second teacup payoff! This gorgeous teaset went home with a Faire patron this weekend, but it will be forever memorialized. Two more teacup reveals left, but they'll have to wait for next weekend when I go back to the fairesite. #pottery #lgbtqartist #renaissancefaire #wheelthrownpottery

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Teacup payoff! I made teacups for each of the teapots I made this winter, but the teacup kiln didn't get run until last weekend. This Fire and Earth teapot looks even better accompanied by its teacups in my opinion (I am slightly biased). #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #pottery

submitted 41 days ago • 5 comments

Check out this book by my incredibly skilled and creative friend!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

I'm in the studio working on my custom and commission list for @drachenfest-us.bsky.social ! This little rat tracks mug is too cute, especially with the little friend on the handle. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery #artpottery #whynotboth

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

More new glaze combos -- this pair are studio glazes with Opulence's Blue Monday over them. Super runny, but the kind of runny that you can plan for. I love both of these and will be doing more of them. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

@abigailspanberger.com Hi there! I have a question-- I recently read an article from WRIC that quoted you as saying that if a bill to repeal VA's anti-labor "Right to Work" law hit your desk you would not sign it. Can you explain your reasoning behind this decision?

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

This one's a commission, but check out this new glaze combination! I need to do some Disaster Bi mugs in this.

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

Expect to see a lot more dragons rolling into your feed over the next couple of months! While I will be selling my work at VARF, I am currently throwing for @drachenfest-us.bsky.social It's one of the highlights of my year -- spending a week living the LARP dream as an interplanar potter.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

I have been making these cute little trash-loving possum mugs for about a year now, but meet the crows, the foxes, and the raccoons! #pottery #lgbtqartist #goblincore

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

It's been an emotional weekend -- I will be making so much art about this. Have a repost that feels important to me right now.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Working on big mugs today. I am really enjoying being back at the wheel today. Thinking about my DFUS commissions and beginning to shift my creative thoughts away from VARF and onto DFUS. #pottery #lgbtqartist

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

Kitty teacups in process to go with the kitty teapot! They come in sleepy cat and stretchy cat models.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Most of my work is less "contemporary ceramics" than this little jar, but sometimes I just have something in my head that wants to come out. It was part of the crate of work that I took down to share with my FiL the week before he died so it will be bittersweet when it sells. #pottery #lgbtqartist

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Playing with travel cups, what do y'all think? I'm carving them for grip as well as pretty - I do love a functional piece of art

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

I always forget that the price of a teapot week is a few teacup weeks.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

I have been playing around with making pieces that are logs with mushrooms on them for a while now, and this one came out of the gas kiln a couple of weeks ago. I love it, and I hope it brings you a little happiness today. #pottery #lgbtqartist #wheelthrownpottery #functionalpottery #artpottery

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments