Michael Flaherty
Making, growing, building, and foraging in rural Newfoundland
www.ceramicfundamentalist.com
www.wildcovepottery.ca
- A few detail shots of pieces from my exhibition. It opens at the Craft Council on Saturday! #pottery #ceramics #crochet #canadianceramics #nlcraft #artsnl
- This week I'm heading to St. John's to set up my exhibition Weight at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. It's all new work in ceramics and crochet that I've been working on these past few years. If you're in the area I hope that you'll be able to join me. #pottery #ceramics #crochet
- A customer ordered a teapot so I made ten. Heres my two favourites: #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #teapot
- A little ice in the harbour. The only ice I'll abide.
- I've still got a few spots left in my winter pottery course beginning next week. We'll be doing wheel-throwing, hand-building, glazing, decorating and more. Register at www.wildcovepottery.ca/collections/... #pottery #ceramics #potteryclass
- I'm a little ashamed to say I'm just getting around to cleaning some pieces from the last firing in September. The best ones always take the longest. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #woodfiredpottery
- Still cracking pots. Just a month until my exhibition at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. #pottery #ceramics #crochet #canadianceramics
- I made this piece in 2005, and sadly it's just as relevant now. The only difference is that I made this while living in Montana, and felt welcome to speak my mind then as an artist and as a foreigner. Now I wouldn't dream of going back there, and I'm sure I wouldn't be allowed even if I wanted to.
- 2 weeks of teaching done at Haliburton School of Art and Design, one left to go. Self-portraits (as usual) along with wood firing, glaze chem, and lots more. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics
- I made the trek through wind and snow to the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador craft fair at Jack Byrne Arena. Come check out the best collection of craft in the province. Open until Sunday. #pottery #ceramics #nlcraft
- Craft Fair and online shop update! The Craft Council Craft Fair is happening next week at Jack Byrne Arena. I skipped the Craft Fair last year because I ran out of both pots and time 🤣 But I'll be there this time with brand new pots, like this bowl from last month's wood-firing, and my RDF series.
- Very dramatic colours today when the sun breaks through. Stoneware with local bone ash glaze. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #wildglaze
- First partridgeberry smoothie of the season (apple from my neighbourhood tree too)! Local stoneware mug with the classic Malcolm Davis Shino glaze. A perfect start to a busy studio day. #pottery #mug #ceramics #woodfiredpottery
- I know I posted this one before, but I got a good shot in the lighting booth last night and thought I should share again. #ceramics #pottery #canadianceramics
- Carved mug in porcelain with local celadon glaze. Wood fired to cone 10. #ceramics #pottery #woodfiredpottery #wildglaze
- If you'd like to help me clear out my studio I'd like to help you fill your kitchen with new pots! This Saturday (one day only, 10am to 3pm) is my annual seconds sale, where you can get oddities, experiments, demo pieces, discontinued items, and imperfections for half price or better. #pottery
- Home again. And able to have a more relaxed look at these pots. Here's an ash glaze (that we call Miso Gravy) on a ship mug. Vinny's happy to have me home. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #wildglaze #woodfiredpottery
- A few pics from the gallery in Letterkenny
- Stop number two on the gallery tour - Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny Ireland. Here's Kym Greeley putting the final touches on her installation. More pics as soon as we finish install. Opening reception is tomorrow afternoon.
- Off on a little gallery tour now. They put my piece on the cover of the catalogue! The opening reception is tomorrow 2-4 at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. The show looks amazing! #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics
- Nice colour combo on this thrown and altered porcelain vase. The bare porcelain flashes orange and the glaze is the perfect complement. The glaze is 50% granite, 20% quartz, 20% limestone, and 10% clay, all sourced from nearby. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #wildglaze
- Four new mugs with 100% local glaze. 1 - Nuka wood ash glaze on local stoneware 2 - Sea salt shino on PSH 580 stoneware 3 - ??? (maybe tenmoku) on local stoneware 4 - Bone ash glaze (with actual fin whale skull bone ash!) on PSH stoneware #pottery #ceramics #wildglaze #wildclay #canadianceramics
- Great results from the woodfiring. Porcelain with copper glaze, fired to cone 10.
- One last reminder - registration for Forage and Fire 2026 opens at 5pm today. Here's the link: www.wildcovepottery.ca/collections/... #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #woodfiredpottery
- Last important thing to do is play with the pretty fire #pottery #ceramics #woodfiredpottery #woodfirekiln
- Just about to hit 1000C.
- Got the kiln going early this morning. Sunrise just around the corner. #pottery #ceramics #woodfiredpottery #canadianceramics
- Registration for Forage and Fire 2026 opens at 5pm on Monday! This is a foraging, glazing, and wood-firing workshop for folks with at least a little previous experience making ceramics. Full course description: www.wildcovepottery.ca/collections/... #pottery #ceramics #woodfiring #canadianceramics
- Ten rock samples ready to be analyzed for (hopefully) iron, chromium, manganese, titanium, nickel, zirconium and other glaze colourants. #wildglaze #ceramicglaze #ceramics #pottery
- Chop chop! Now that the fire ban is definitely, officially over (for real!) it's time to light the kiln. I even checked with my local volunteer fire department chief, just to be extra cautious, and he said "Have at 'er!" New pots by the end of the week! #pottery #ceramics #woodfiredpottery
- Here's my finished teapot. Made from foraged local materials! #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #wildclay #wildglaze #local
- Happy Labour Day weekend from the home of the labour movement in NL, Port Union. I'm fiddling about in the studio today, but definitely not working too hard. Just slowly unloading and admiring these new #wildclay #wildglaze pots. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #nl #newfoundland
- Look at that colour! Wild glaze with copper-bearing basalt on local clay. I'll take this opportunity to suggest you subscribe to my new newsletter over at www.wildcovepottery.ca for more info on sales, exhibitions, research, classes, and more. #pottery #ceramics #ceramicglaze #wildclay #wildglaze
