Studio Brauer

Handmade Pottery in Austin Texas

Recent Works

New mug day! A bit of a departure from the dark clay and moody glazes I’ve been using lately, I made this pot with a smooth white, porcelain-like clay, and used Shiny White and Rutile Blue glazes from @eastsidepotshop. Shout out to @stanton.cer
A little cup and bottle set! A few weeks back I went to a workshop led by @vivapottery_gallery hosted @amanoatx. It was about altering wheel thrown forms. These were the first pots I made after that class. The idea was to find ways to show a little
A couple weekends ago I took @ryanmckerley soda firing workshop and it was awesome! I made as many pots as I could leading up to this, and Ryan was kind enough to let me fire all of them. I’m real happy with the results and I learned a ton! Got
A couple more jars for ya! I made these early summer and finally got to glaze them this fall. Let me know how you’re feeling about the glaze decoration!
Always. Be. Glaze. Testing. Especially on pots that didn’t quite turn out the way you had hoped 😛 #glazetesting #pottery
Some work in progress mugs this week. I’m I’ve been working on finding a mug shape I like while getting in as much handle pulling practice as I can! I’m liking the body of the lighter colored mug, but I think the handle on the darke
Last spring I took the intermediate class @amanoatx. Each week, @kriete_stoneware demo’d something new for us. I attempted each one except for throwing off the hump. I’ll detail each pot more below. Each of these were either a new form or
I usually prefer simple forms with clean lines, but lately I’ve been really enjoying experimenting with adding texture. This is a handleless mug that I faceted with a potato peeler and scratched in some marking to give it a face/focal point. We
Back by popular demand, JARS! This is part of the first set I made @amanoatx as an anniversary gift for my wife. I used a combination of Amaco glazes, obsidian and smokey merlot to get the purple look. I used just obsidian on the inside for contrast.
Little matching set of cappuccino cups! Teal Drift and Midnight Run with a little bit of exposed clay surface. #amacoglazes #ceramicmug #potterymug