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pansylair · 5 days

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Celebrating my 28th birthday with my lovey boyfriend and wonderful friends! So happy to have a little bf-vacation and have everyone over for a visit :)

id: A traditional ballpoint pen drawing with a black background, simply stylized with warm hues and muted colours. A dog holds a long, leafy plant stem in its mouth, peering up towards the sky and sun. To its right, a house sits in the distance. Flowering plants frame the sun and create a square border around the illustration. Text to the top left in all upper case reads “WARM FEELINGS AMONG THE GREEN” In an attached panel below its feet sits three stars.

#sketchbook #illustration #p.s. i’ll answer messages when i have some free time!

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pansylair · 13 days

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store closed for now, thank you all so much! 💛

Opening shop for a short while!

I’ll be taking on a small batch of orders so I can get them all wrapped up before Friday when the boyfriend visits :)

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pansylair · 13 days

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Opening shop for a short while!

I’ll be taking on a small batch of orders so I can get them all wrapped up before Friday when the boyfriend visits :)

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pansylair · 13 days

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▫️ “The Dearest Devotion ” ▫️

(air, land, sea)- to self, your loves, and community, on our ever so small yet vast planet.

(cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze) ceramic wall tiles made from my gay and trans perspective :)

extras: The albatrosses stem from the broad number of female same-sex lifelong couples. The bucks and whales stem from documented homosexual behaviour of the species. A kobudai is also featured in the third tile changing sex from female to male.

#really happy with these :’)))#ceramics #sculpture #illustration #animal art #lgbt #lgbtqia #queer art #trans artist #transgender #nonbinary #gay #lesbian #bisexual

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pansylair · 14 days

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Made some mini prints (or postcards)! a while back for local sales that I forgot to post!

I’m going to do a short online shop opening within the next few days to sell some of these and some other merchandise like my K-Pg extinction sweatshirts. Fulfilling a large amount of orders really burns me out so I’m going to aim for staggered openings.

An extra reason for this brief drop is that my boyfriend is visiting again after 4 months apart in a wee bit less than a week! yay! :)

#finally have some time again for online sales phew!#illustration #sheep #lamb #lizard #animal art

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pansylair · 20 days

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inquiries for act of self creation and all but bird bowl #1 have found their way into my email, thank you all so much for the incredibly swift responses! it means a lot 💛

further updates will be made if anything becomes unaccounted for / everything sells! (update: inquiry for bird bowl #1 received!)

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pansylair · 20 days

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Hi all! doing a bit of spring cleaning so these blue bird trinket bowls will be for sale!

These were repaired and extra detailing added with china paint and enamel paint after a glaze firing mistake so do note these are not food safe.

Sizes and prices in chronological order from 1-4:

Edit: ALL SOLD! thank you!!

1: 4.5x1.5 inches - $75cad

2: 5x2.5 inches - $80cad

3: 6x2 inches - $90cad

4: 6x3 inches - $90cad

please send serious inquiries to julianmiholics@gmail(dot)com and I can calculate the shipping cost for you as these will vary based on region and shipping options :)

#ceramics #pottery #handbuilding #illustration

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pansylair · 25 days

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Hi all! My artwork “New Perspectives” is up for auction in the 14th Annual UPwithART fundraiser supporting Unity Project London and Museum London here in Ontario!

You can view this piece in-person at the Museum's exhibition from April 26 to May 3 – free admission. Save the date for the arty-party on May 4 and get your tickets and/or donate now at UPwithART.ca !

This event will help support the unhoused members of our community access shelter and move to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Support would mean a lot for this cause. :)

#ceramics #sculpture #hand building #creature design

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pansylair · 1 month

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3inch sketch with ballpoint pen, single yellow marker, and white gel pen :)

id: a traditional drawing of a scruffy, black dappled, warm hued dun draft horse raising a feathered front leg to paw at the ground. its mane and tail are cropped short and it sternly makes eye contact with the viewer.

#drawing #illustration #horse #equine

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pansylair · 1 month

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new ceramic critter rattles now available at the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery !

all set for a new home via local purchase or canadian / international shipping! other previous work also available at the gallery :) 🌷

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A ceramic sculpture and rattle of a nubby horned, giraffe-necked standing creature. Pale blue stripes against a black body run down from face to torso, breaking down into spots by its legs. A white belly and throat give way to large, alert eyes. The second ceramic sculpture and rattle is of a standing rhinoceros. The folds and bumps of its black skin are lined in red. Thin strands of nichrome wire is placed at the tips of the ears and throat give a hint at the appearance of a sumatran rhino. It also shares the quality of attentive eyes like the previous sculpture.

#ceramics #sculpture #rattle

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pansylair · 2 months

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Oh my god I absolutely adore your ceramic critters. Have you ever posted any kind of guide on your materials/tools/technique/process, or would you be willing to? I'm trying to explore artforms that exacerbate my chronic pain issues less, and your little guys are the first alternative media where considering "what if i did something in this genre" brought me genuine unadulterated delight.

aw i’m so happy you’ve found a medium up for consideration that you greatly enjoy!

the stuff i’ve posted about is rather scattered across social media- mainly stuff like how i do linework via slip trailing underglaze/underglaze pencil, common tools tour, how i make pipe forms etc.

i haven’t done any livestreams or the likes for quite a long time as i tend to keep to myself more nowadays and putting it off creates some further social media type stage fright of sorts.

overall i think it would be nice to dip my toes back into it one of these days sooner than later as i do enjoy the socializing/passing time while working and giving out some tips n tricks n sharing builds.

best wishes and always happy to answer any clay inquiries when i have time!

#ask #i myself don’t have chronic pain but i can also use this page to help get a conversation started #if be needed #for methods and tools other ceramicists use to accomadate their bodies

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pansylair · 2 months

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friend shaped creature :)

id: a small, simplistically stylized ceramic sculpture of a standing werewolf decorated with earthy colours. Its little paws are held close together in front of its belly, snout raised and giant wet eyes peering upward.

#ceramics #sculpture #werewolf #anthro #very polite and probably needs a snack or hand held to help get walked to the bathroom in the dark

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pansylair · 2 months

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oh i absolutely agree with you on pursuing high firing for the effects you get from them and just how much expensive equipment, sweat, blood, and labor goes into running a studio.

i’m just rather appalled by this mindset put onto myself or the anon and others i’ve talked to- insecure about the validity of our work due to some people in a studio or expectations of how we should grow, and what we’re expected to pay for that- then veered into a larger talking point of classism without fully disconnecting the former topic at hand (heads always been all over the place so not the best of clearly putting thoughts down)

it’s just heartbreaking when someone i know adoring of ceramic art can’t afford classes and membership at any studio in their city or telling someone brand new to ceramics with no studio access that harvesting and processing their own wild clay for a pit firing is really fucking cool and not any less than some snazzy kiln setup.

i deepy want everyone and especially low income folks to have a seat in the studio

thanks for the further info and thoughts for everyone! in this household we salute our kiln techs 🫡🫡🫡

i'm just starting out with ceramics and i've been encountering a weird amount of pressure to spend on high-fire clay and kiln rentals - it's maybe a classism thing? anyway, i've been a fan of your work for years and recently noticed your INCREDIBLE allosaurus is fired to cone 6. i'm sure as i get more confident/knowledgeable i won't worry about pressure from others, but at my level it's really encouraging to see that great work doesn't automatically require high firing. you're very open and welcoming, i hope to be a little like you someday.

i guess some people take a high firing like. cone 8 porcelain or vapour glazing etc. as a step up in your career? obviously a poor line of thought when theres such wonderful work in lower cones or terracotta or backyard raku and pit firings. basically all my ceramic work is cone 5.5-6 stoneware since that’s the cone my guild works with (and i also don’t want to fork over $$ for a kiln rental to fire at a diff cone) and i keep on missing when someone puts together a raku firing haha.

seems those people forget how fortunate one is to have access to a studio/afford materials and firings and should instead be open and consider making the medium and environment more accessible- classism is definitely something to be discussed more and have those barriers taken down in this field/other arts.

overall do what makes you happy as you learn and let curiosity instead of pressure lead to experimentation and good work will follow.

best of luck with your work and thanks so much for the kind words! it’s very appreciated. 💛 :)

#tagging as #ask #for indexing etc

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pansylair · 2 months

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i'm just starting out with ceramics and i've been encountering a weird amount of pressure to spend on high-fire clay and kiln rentals - it's maybe a classism thing? anyway, i've been a fan of your work for years and recently noticed your INCREDIBLE allosaurus is fired to cone 6. i'm sure as i get more confident/knowledgeable i won't worry about pressure from others, but at my level it's really encouraging to see that great work doesn't automatically require high firing. you're very open and welcoming, i hope to be a little like you someday.

i guess some people take a high firing like. cone 8 porcelain or vapour glazing etc. as a step up in your career? obviously a poor line of thought when theres such wonderful work in lower cones or terracotta or backyard raku and pit firings. basically all my ceramic work is cone 5.5-6 stoneware since that’s the cone my guild works with (and i also don’t want to fork over $$ for a kiln rental to fire at a diff cone) and i keep on missing when someone puts together a raku firing haha.

seems those people forget how fortunate one is to have access to a studio/afford materials and firings and should instead be open and consider making the medium and environment more accessible- classism is definitely something to be discussed more and have those barriers taken down in this field/other arts.

overall do what makes you happy as you learn and let curiosity instead of pressure lead to experimentation and good work will follow.

best of luck with your work and thanks so much for the kind words! it’s very appreciated. 💛 :)

#ask #i love my linework and bright colors on clay a lot of firings just aren’t my thing #but are there some i’d like to try that would incorporate my style well? yes!

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pansylair · 2 months

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🩸 BEAST MEAT 🩸

very much considering getting this screenprinted as tees and tanks!

id: A bold, warm hued illustration of a rearing kirin in a heraldic pose, the negative space around it filled in a rich blue. Clawed, scaly forelimbs give way to hindlimbs of sharp hooves. Its dense, windswept mane contrasts a skeletal, antlered face, gaze locked with the viewer. Protruding between fangs, its forked tongue shifts to esophagus, stomach, and intestines coiled in its gut; all visible. Red stars frame the beast and lily of the valley grows by its feet. A rectangular yellow checkerboard pattern against a red backdrop further frames the artwork.

#illustration #kirin #monsters #digital art

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pansylair · 2 months

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a few recent ceramic commissions for friends and some other clay critters!

#ceramics #sculpture #charms

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pansylair · 2 months

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Hi I'm Jules, an independent illustrator and ceramicist and welcome to my art blog! LINKS: julianmiholics.com Ko-fi tip jar contact email: julianmiholics@gmail(dot)com Tattoo Tickets Redbubble Merch/Art Shop Jonathon Bancroft Snell-Gallery (buy my ceramics!) FAQ

#finally getting around to making a pinned!

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