muddy pyro

handmade crystalline ceramics acab abolish empire land back now no one is free until we're all free https://muddypyro.com

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cordyceps teapot no. xxvi_i; 5.26.29

wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain with hollow-thrown knob handles. oxidation fired to ^9 with clear liner glaze, gold metallic and multiple zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

this thing is now chilling at Clay AKAR awaiting the opening of the Teapot and Yunomi 2026 invitational. the show opens in august and i am still low-key distraught that most of the original yunomi intended for this event fucking broke like right after it was too late to make more in time so i had to pick old work instead 🫣 but do check it out as there will be an enormous collection of amazingly talented work by many of the best contemporary ceramicists!

however....

if you're a maker/creater/collector from the US of fascism like me then all your extra time, effort and money should be going towards advocacy plus boycotting and dismantling the epstein class/patriarchy and land back efforts and immigration protections and basically NOT pretending everything is fine to ensure the continuation of white privilege.

empire has enough bootlickers...

abolish empire

land back now

indigenous/matriarchal land stewardship

compost the elite

eliminate AI

eradicate white supremacy

no one is free until we're all free

[muddypyro]

❌ beach summer

✔️ provoke white privilege tears until it drowns the zionist patriarchy summer

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cordyceps bubbler no. xxvi_ii; 5.29.26

wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain with hollow-thrown knobs. electric oxidation fired to ^9 with clear liner glaze, gold metallic and multiple zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

you can make it yours today!

and as always,

abolish empire/land back now/no one is free until we're all free

[muddypyro]

online store open again after a long time without.

https://www.muddypyro.com/

there's a sale going on this month, call it spring cleaning if you will...

subscribe for free to the blog and get an extra discount coupon.

a portion of sales will be donated to a variety of mutual aid funds providing life-saving supplies to Palestine, Cuba, communities within US affected by ICE, etc.

***[please note that orders are currently ONLY AVAILABLE in the contiguous US due to increased hostility with international shipping. once i can afford the plug-in for my site to accurately configure tariff amounts, all you lucky fucks who live outside the belly of empire will unfortunately need to kindly wait. thank you for your patience 🙏]

thank you so very much to all past and future patrons.

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Potters For Palestine has an auction of 400+ works with 100% contributions going to relief funds and direct aid for displaced Palestinians in the ongoing genocide [there never was a peace deal]

here's how it'll go;

it's all on insta so head on over there to participate! each submitting artist is collaborating with P4P to directly manage their own contribution.

~bids will be placed in the comment section

~bids will be placed in $5 increments

~bidding ends 12.7.25 at 6 pm EST!

~winning bids will be notified after the completion of the auction

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justin leavitt [muddy pyro]

Cordyceps Teacup No. IV

Wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain teacup with hollow thrown knob handles. Oxidation fired to cone 9 with clear liner glaze and multiple iridescent, REE and zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

3" x 4.5" x 3.25"

bidding starts at $40 [USD]

[shipping and packaging covered within 🇺🇸]

...............

justin leavitt [muddy pyro]

Small Vase No. VII

wheel thrown porcelain. oxidation fired to cone 9 with clear liner glaze and multiple iridescent and zinc silicate crystalline glazes

5.5" x 4.5" x 4.5"

bid starts at $60 [USD]

[shipping and packaging covered within 🇺🇸]

also!!! you can view all 400+ donated works included in this event on the website;

www.pottersforpalestine.com/

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aid organizations:

https://gazasoupkitchen.org

https://chuffed.org/project/119203-remain-rooted-direct-aid-to-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/many-lands-mutual-aid

Remain Rooted Direct Aid To Gaza is a group of friends, both Palestinians and allies, who are raising money for direct aid for people in Gaza who are engaged in projects of community care and collective survival.

free Palestine 🇵🇸❤️

no one is free until we are all free

[muddypyro]

NF;SF V. IV Cordyceps Teacup #2, august 2025

wheel thrown, alerted and assembled porcelain with hollow-thrown knob handles. oxidation fired to cone 9 [2300 F] with clear liner glaze and multiple zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

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a stein.

a cordyceps stein.

🍄💎🍺

it doesn't need a name and that's fine because i'm probably keeping this one 💅

no idea when i'll be able to get a web store up and running for the stockpile of recent work taking up space and soon to be doubled with the glaze firing being prepped for the beginning of next week but never say never! funny how you need money to make money, right?

*awkward anti-capitalist laughter*

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hey y'all i got a deal for ya if you love ceramics and magazines

with the recent feature of my work, i have the opportunity to provide an Annual All-Access Ceramics Monthly Subscription at a very nice 20% off discount to my followers aka you!

gotta go to ceramicartsnetwork.org/cm-subscribe and use promo code:

LEAVITT925

and you'll get that nice savings, just in time for those fucking dumb as shit tariffs to hit.

this deal includes renewals if you already get this!

the offer is good from today (8.20) through 9.3!

FYI friendly reminder that there's an international boycott starting THIS THURSDAY and every Thursday henceforth to protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza, West Bank and unfortunately soon many of the surrounding areas that zionazis will attempt to colonize while the world governments continue to kowtow to that bullshit. don't spend a fucking penny on every corporate bastard profiting off the death of anyone!

p.s. my real name is Justin Leavitt and i am NOT related to that freak press secretary kkkaroline, but it's still pronounced the same.

[muddypyro]

so this happened...

kinda surprised that this one was chosen out of the few submitted for the Function Focused contest, but 🤷

running into some snags with the previous show and therefore have been delayed with launching a web store. fingers crossed i can figure something out in the meantime to afford that upgrade and get back to selling work again!

international orders are gonna be misery though, thanks to pedo-narci-fascista orange blob Donny Flump and his terrible tariffs...

will do my best keeping prices as low as they can go to settle for the fact that the whole fucking world is a goddamn mess!

regardless,

EYES ON GAZA & WEST BANK

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

🖕🧊

death to zionism!

DECOLONIZE YA BRAIN!

BECOME UNGOVERNABLE!

FUCK THE ULTRA RICH AND THEIR BULLSHIT CAPITALISM!

the Palestinian fight is everyone's flight, because this genocide will not end there... we are all part of this.

not sure how much longer until my gay anarchist ass gets in trouble but never stop fighting that fight because it's fulltime fascism here and colonial 'murica has got to go!

[muddypyro]

just updated my Etsy shop with some new cordyceps mugs, and there's still stuff from earlier this year. take a browse and maybe even bring something home today if ya want!

Muddy Pyro Studio on Etsy

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umm. UPDATE:

SHOP IS CLOSED!

i so strongly believe that knowledge requires responsibility. once something is learned, that information can't be ignored. i realized that Etsy is actually quite evil, not only allowing shops to function within INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS ON STOLEN PALESTINIAN LAND BY OCCUPYING ISRAELIS, but they even support and willingly advocate for them. nope. fuck you Etsy. plus they allow AI 'art' to be sold so double fuck that shit.

upon learning this, i deactivated all listings and will cease operating with Etsy once my most recent order is complete (it's heading overseas so that'll take another week or so)

good news is i won't be without an online shop for long! waiting for a check to come in from selling work at the show I participated in last month so i can afford to upgrade my website to, yet again, host a store! when that time comes i will send out notifications on my socials (literally just here and insta) and have a sale to celebrate. stay tuned if interested!

also, you can find a lot of political ideology being spewed over on Instagram through my account. I've felt strongly about social injustices, political shit and whatnot for a long long time but was sadly sure that my voice never mattered. fuck that. my voice matters. your voice matters. the systems of oppression rely on people thinking their beliefs don't matter. if you want to know more or feel the same, head over and check it out.

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also made this jar yesterday.

a jar full of fuck you's to every bullshit thing.

y'all, pottery is political and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Say it with me!

Free Palestine

Free Sudan

Free literally everyone (not the ultra-rich colonizing capitalist scum or that pedo-orange thing!)

Shit on Capitalism/Ethnic Cleansing/Racism.

Eradicate Zionism

p.s. download the No Thanks! app to make informed choices about purchases that have/haven't been funding the genocide. absolutely wild how many common items have been funding horrible people to do terrible things 😱 news just broke that Pepsi is feeling the heat due to boycotts! we the people have real power if we learn to use it!

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made this weirdo yesterday. saw a bunch of really cool ewers from a recent show on insta and wanted to get back into the pouring shit game. will see if this prototype holds out during the next glaze firing (I'm betting on some serious warping here)

[muddypyro]

just updated my Etsy shop with some new cordyceps mugs, and there's still stuff from earlier this year. take a browse and maybe even bring something home today if ya want!

Muddy Pyro Studio on Etsy

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pulled this new cordyceps mug out of the kiln three days ago, along with 11 other mugs, a bowl, two vases and 30 new recipe tests!

but this one's my favorite (don't tell the rest 🤫)

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Cordyceps Mug no. VIII, 2025

wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain with hollow thrown knob handles. oxidation fired to cone 9 (2300 F) with clear liner glaze and multiple REE, iridescent and various zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

the top knob warped in the firing but serendipitously makes the unique way of holding it even better. idk what plan is for this one but here ya go for now

[muddypyro]

Mauve-lous - Cordyceps Mug no. III, 2025

wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain with hollow thrown knob handles. oxidation fired to cone 9 (2300 F) with clear liner glaze and multiple REE, iridescent and several zinc silicate crystalline glazes.

this one's my favorite mug of three currently on view at the Perception exhibit during this year's Clay Festival in Silver City, NM. go check it out and if you do, take pics and send me them because I'll be at the other end of the country the entire time! 🫠

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cordyceps platter/tray no. I, 2025

[wheel thrown, altered and assembled porcelain with hollow thrown knob handles. electric fired to cone 9 (2300 F) for 36 hours with clear liner glaze and multiple REE, Iridescent and other zinc silicate crystalline glazes.]

made this back in May and glaze fired it just before June rolled around, basically as a prototype design for future baskets/things-that-carry-shit-with-shroom-handles.