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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 3, 2026, 7:55 PM

    today's work: faerie cottages ✨

    all of my wee houses are made in the kurinuki technique, so carved from a single block of clay. the first day (yesterday, in this case), i shape the basic structure, separate the roof from the building and shape that, and roughly carve out the interior of the house.

    the second day, i refine all the shapes, carve the rest of the interior, cut out windows and doors, carve the roof, and carve the flowers and plants on the walls.

    now, they dry (possibly with a smidge more tidying up tomorrow)! the clay becomes lighter in colour as it dries and white after firing.

    and the more square house has a wee crescent moon window on its side 🌙

    #art #mastoArt #ceramics

    two little houses made of still-damp grey clay are sitting on pieces of silicon paper on a wooden shelf with a glass candle jar behind them. the jar is covered in tissue paper in red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and blue, and its candle is lit. the house on the left is more rectangular than square, and its roof is carved to look like it's thatched. it has a little door in the centre, a 4-hole window to the right, and a star-shaped window to the left. the house on the right is more square, and its roof is carved to look like slates. it has a little door off to the right and a 4-hole-window on the left. both houses are carved in plant and flower designs on their walls.
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  • Mary Starbuckautoperipatetikos@neurodifferent.me
    Oct 3, 2026, 8:51 PM

    @moonrabbit
    well that's strange....I replied to your earlier toot, but it's fallen down a crack. I mentioned cookies, crafting and doctors. Doesn't seem important now.

    Looks like you've been working hard. I hope you're not too exhausted and there is time left for a bit of rest or relaxation :blobcathearthug:

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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 3, 2026, 9:43 PM

    @autoperipatetikos
    cookies and crafting sound lovely! doctors less so, although i hope you're maybe getting somewhere with them?? :Blobhaj_Heart_Rainbow:

    i'm hoping to be able to rest a bit tomorrow. i am exhausted, sigh, but there we are. :blobyawn:

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  • Star12Mt@Masto.NYCStar12Mt@masto.nyc
    Oct 4, 2026, 3:20 AM

    @moonrabbit The details on the houses and on the roofs are exceptional. These are so beautiful, I know you're working too hard. Any other news? Has the weather been better? Has Pia been annoying Kitten any less?

    Hope you're getting some sleep 😴

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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 4, 2026, 2:06 PM

    @Star12Mt
    🙏 thank you
    no news really. husband working 7/7 and exhausted. weather is a bit better but still unseasonably warm / dangerously dry. hopefully that'll improve??
    kitten's doing ok atm (thank everything 🙇) but pia's still a pain in the arse 😂

    sleep, not so much, sigh. rough night. i'm mostly resting today though (mainly bc i'm ill, but nevermind).

    how are things there? are you feeling any calmer or just more stressed? :Blobhaj_Hug:

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  • Star12Mt@Masto.NYCStar12Mt@masto.nyc
    Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM

    @moonrabbit I had a hard night as well. It's one of those nights when not only can't I sleep but I feel like my whole body has restless leg syndrome so I have to get up. My daughter just left for the airport and I'm probably going to have to take a nap. But I have more baskets to make. Oh I'll show you what they are looking like.

    A color photo of a rectangular cardboard box for gifts. It is sitting on a chair with a brick wall behind it. The basket is a present for the bridal party people at a wedding. There is crinkled up brown paper, which I just learned is actually called crinkle paper, as opposed to the plastic stuff we used to put into Easter baskets. Anyway, that's on the bottom and then in a red organza bag is 1 pound of popcorn with popcorn butter salt, behind that wrapped in gold is a DVD, behind that is a package of red vines and behind that wrapped in fall leaf paper is a microwave popcorn popper. There's a tag at the top shaped like an acorn. It will have clear plastic over it tied with a bow at the top.
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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 4, 2026, 4:28 PM

    @Star12Mt
    oh wow how many of those do you have to do? the autumnal wrapping paper is lovely 🍂

    do have a nap if you need one! (and ugh to the restlessness, i know it well. maybe you can outsmart it if you sleep for a wee while now??)

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  • Star12Mt@Masto.NYCStar12Mt@masto.nyc
    Oct 4, 2026, 4:52 PM

    @moonrabbit I only have to make 10 and two are done. I'm just doing one at a time because I'm so worried about mixing them up once the DVDs are wrapped. Each person gets a special DVD so I'm being really careful not to mix up them up.

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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 4, 2026, 5:41 PM

    @Star12Mt that's very thoughtful! and ah 10's not so bad. i thought you were doing hundreds :blobcatscared:

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  • Star12Mt@Masto.NYCStar12Mt@masto.nyc
    Oct 4, 2026, 5:44 PM

    @moonrabbit Oh gosh no, I simply couldn't. These are just the gifts for their friends who will walk down the aisle with them. Traditionally there's bridesmaids and groomsmen. But they have people of all genders on both sides so I'm just calling them the wedding party.

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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 4, 2026, 6:39 PM

    @Star12Mt that sounds a lot more reasonable than the miles-long assembly line i was envisaging 🤣

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  • laen 🍂moonrabbit@sunny.garden
    Oct 4, 2026, 2:03 PM

    @fishidwardrobe thank you! and yes v good for structural stability. unless of course i go and carve the roof too thin, which i did when i first started making them 🙄

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