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. :)

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.

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.

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!

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.

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. 💛 :)

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. 💛 :)

🩸 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.

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

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

commish from a few months back! been doing a few for friends as of late. :)

video id: A ceramic sculpture of a spindly legged green lizard sticking out its tongue. It has big, wide eyes and blushing cheeks. Black stripes run down its body and end in a white tipped tail. A yellow floral design with a heart reading “B+R” sits illustrated on its back.

a few of the nice little moments from a few weeks back when the boyfriend @rancidslime was visiting for two weeks ;; 💛

hehe time to boast about the boyfriend tonight!!

after 8 years of friendship the evening of feb 15th now marks our 1 year anniversary of dating! lucky to have you in my life and always supporting me @rancidslime 💛💛💛

almost a year ago the boyfriend dropped the first volume of dungeon meshi into my lap and got me hooked. now i’ve finally found time to sketch out some fanart :)

Gouache painting with pigment liner gift for the owner of the local gallery I display at as he’s spent many, many hours of his time packing my ceramic work for shipping 🐇🌸

id: A painting with black line art featuring an alert, pink eyed, white rabbit with a dewlap mid stride against a vibrant blue background. Pink flowering vines with red berries surround it in a rectangular border and spill across its back.Yellow stars are scattered about.

🌹 “LIFE CYCLE” 🥀

(cone 5.5 ceramic stoneware wall tiles, underglaze, glaze, gold lustre, kintsugi) SOLD

huge thanks to my friend Ehsan for saving my ass via emergency last minute kintsugi repair 💙 (not the fake stuff mind you, the real, time consuming stuff) when I learned a lesson about trying my hand at my biggest wall tiles yet for an exhibition)

video id: Two red stoneware ceramic wall tiles featuring identical, mirrored illustrations of a white dog, eyes wide open, and mouth drawn back in a snarl. The first features a nude blue transmasc figure curled up and peacefully resting among red flowers. The second, their skeleton under a crescent moon with the previous flowers growing out of it. Gold lustre outlines the dogs, and accents their pupils, stars, and rain / the dog’s teardrops scattered throughout the illustrations. The tiles are cracked through the middle, repaired with kintsugi, with white-silver and gold alloys.

Feel welcome to stop by the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery for this Saturday afternoon showcase opening!

11am to 4pm, Come say hi!

All my currently available ceramic work will be there for purchase alongside work from “Shifting Bodies” debuted and exhibited by the lovely Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery.

International shipping inquiries also welcome!

Merchandise of mine will also be for sale if you wanted to pick up a pin or print or sweatshirt etc.

Thanks all for the continued support!

- Jules :-)🌷