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Ceramic artist in Winnipeg, Mb 🇨🇦 Beautifying life with slip cast tableware, lighting & the occasional sculpture. Avid Gardener, currently designing an off grid home. 👩‍🌾 Find my work: www.rachaelkroekerceramics.com
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Dandelions! Who doesn’t love these tenacious plants that reclaim sidewalks and manicured lawns? Seriously though their deep tap roots break up compacted soil and pull up nutrients so they can be beneficial (within reason. Always impressive to see them thrive in terrible conditions like parking lots

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

More grog tests, medium-chunky edition. Excited to explore this layered inlay style! Pressed groggy clay into the mold, then layered it with casting clay! Super fun, with lots of potential. Next time mug 1 colours with mug 3 texture and grog size. And a higher contrast stain for the blue one!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Confetti mugs! First test run of the fine porcelain grog tests. (Also did some chunkier tests). Will tweak them still. I want to adjust some of the colour combos and add a white clay layer between the grog and interior layer. Some white areas are a bit thin after sponging. Overall I like them

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Dandelion, burdock & pineapple weed! Lots of silk screening and experiments in the studio these days. Loading a bisque kiln today with the first test batch with some new grog and underglaze transfers, suuuper excited about them. 😁

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Testing porcelain grog! I’ve been interested in exploring some coloured grogs for AGES… finally got around to it. Tested a few different mesh sizes, powder and larger chunks. Now I’ll need to do some more colour tests and combos! Fun! Thanks for letting me borrow your plate mill @mcmillanpottery!

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I have a few spots left in my 2nd mold making workshop - March 1st & 2nd in my Winnipeg studio. In this two day intensive workshop, I will lead you through the multi-step process of making a single drop out mold as well as a multi piece plaster mold. Registration and details on my website.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday was glaze day!! I managed to fit every piece in the kiln with the exception of one mini bud vase which was 1 mm too tall! Tetris game on point, ha ha.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

The last year or two I have started exploring some lichen inspired sculptural vessels and wall tiles. After many years of exclusively making functional tableware it’s been such a refreshing body of work. These pieces are included in my email subscriber sale. Sign up by Feb 7th to get the coupon code

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Making a Peony mug! This series, and the commercial underglaze decals, inspired me to learn how to silkscreen and make my own custom designs. (Which I am currently exploring in my studio right now). I have a few of these mugs in stock which can be 20% off if you subscribe to my newsletter by Feb 7.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

📣 Feb Sale announcement! 📣 In hopes to reduce my dependency on social media apps, I’m offering a (rare) sale to all my subscribers. Sign up for my newsletter on my website by Feb 7th (I only send 4-6 emails a yr) and receive a 20% off coupon code via email on Feb 8th. Offer valid Feb 8- Feb 22nd

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

I haven’t made this Alpine Meadow series in a while, but when this prairie girl dreams of visiting the mountains it’s always a fun series to create. I layer multiple colours of casting slip in the plaster mold first (sometimes removing areas to create sharp peaks) then cast the body in white.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Thought I’d start with sharing some older photos for this new to me platform! (Such a weird feeling to be starting fresh again)! This marbled slip cast line is my signature style, which I have been creating for many years. I leave the surface unglazed, and sand it for a soft matte finish.

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

Hello from my ceramic studio in Winnipeg! 👋 Excited to join this online community while I begin to distance myself from the other problematic platforms. I will be posting lots of clay content and some occasional garden posts. Looking forward to meeting some new and familiar faces! ❤️

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments