Shirley Jackson

@lioninthetrees

black+korean | she+her | flesh+bone 💌: shirley@lioninthetrees.com I make art—mainly ceramics—combining wildlife & folklore; I can be found wishing on shooting stars, getting existential, and dancing with my dogs. 🌻: shop.lioninthetrees.com #art

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Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 13h

Jake the Dog from Adventure Time saying, "Dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sort of good at something".

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 21h

I got it narrowed down to two and it's got me like—

America's Next Top Model - Tyra Banks "I have one photo left in my hand" meme

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 2d

Mini Menagerie - Speckle Frog Totem 🐸✨💖 I love this one and actually held onto them for a bit because I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet! LOL But they're available in my shop now and looking to find a li'l pond of their own! ✨💖 🔗: shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/... #art #pottery

A small ceramic frog photographed next to a penny to show it’s scale. They’re about 2 - 2 1/2 pennies tall. They were done in a cappuccino brown coloured clay dotted with tiny black speckles throughout the clay body. They have a cute, friendly face with red decorate dots on their checks and forehead with some sgraffito details throughout the piece.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 2d

I finally watched Sinners and debated on making a Letterboxd account to share about it, but I decided to just use my blog instead because why not?? lioninthetrees.com/blog/2026/08...

Film poster for sinners showing the cast of main characters in a beautiful sunset of colours—vibrant oranges, reds, yellows, against a dark background as a large sun sets behind them.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 3d

Me waiting for those casting calls like—

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 5d

Sun Queen Totem 🦁☀️✨ This one was a prototype for a piece I've been working on for my upcoming solo show later this month! She is available in my shop: shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/... #art #pottery

A large ceramic lion sculpture done with black underglaze and sgraffito details. The piece also features orange flames on the sides of her legs, and a California Poppy carved and painted into her side. She has a gold luster solar disk atop her head, and a handmade red tassel with a fortune coin hanging from her mouth.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 7d

I keep forgetting to share pictures of recent work!! LOL Here's a Reliquary Tiger experiment I made last month. 🐯✨ Really want to make a bigger one so they could store a bit more. This one is sold but there are more pieces in my shop! shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/... #art #pottery

A ceramic tiger that is in a lying down position.
There is a narrow, oval shaped cavity in it’s side so that you can put stuff inside of it.
The tiger is done in a nacho cheesy yellow with black stripes and has a handmade red tassel hanging from it’s mouth.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 7d

How the detailers felt looking at that other half

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 13d

Did an art trade with the wonderful Marina of her adorable little corgi for one of her gorgeous, handmade ceramic bells! ✨💖 Highly recommend checking out her work! ✨✨ You can follow her work here: www.instagram.com/aquamarinace... #art #pottery

A screenshot from Marina's instagram. It's a grid image with three photos—one showing the two corgi sculptures I made for her, another showing her little corgi vibing on the beach, and then a picture of me standing like the beautiful Ms Vanna White showing off my new bell. It's a red clay with an animal painted much like a petroglyph done with a yellow underglaze and a long mustard yellow fabric hanging from the bottom of the bell.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 15d

Here’s the group photo for my upcoming shop update! All paying Patreon members currently have first dibs access from now until 7/31 at 8pm PT. www.patreon.com/c/lioninthetrees The shop will be updating with any remaining pieces August 3rd, 2026 at 9am PT! shop.lioninthetrees.com #art #pottery

A chaotic group photo of the upcoming shop update. There are lions and wolves that tower over a group of much smaller ceramic wolves and tigers with a crow and frog peppered into the group. Everyone is looking every which way, huddled all together.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 16d

tfw you bought a brand new big dog kennel and see one at a neighbourhood garage sale a month later

Disappointed Muhammad Sarim Akhtar, also known as Disappointed Cricket Fan and Angry Pakistani Fan, is a reaction image meme featuring the Pakistani cricket fan Muhammad Sarim Akhtar appearing annoyed and dismayed during a cricket match in mid-June 2019. The image of Akhtar standing with his hands on his hips is also commonly used as a reaction image and exploitable to express disappointment or frustration in memes.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 17d

Me rn at the jumping spiders

Shaq Apology Meme. It's a typical "quote" image found in sports social media. It's a photo of Shaq with a giant pull quote superimposed next to him that says, "I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game."

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· 19d

Me: "I'm just going to cut up this kringle into smaller pieces and stick some them in the freezer so I can have more in the future, and I won't have to eat the whole thing all at once." 48 hours later—

Maury Lie Detector meme. Maury Lie Detector meme features Maury Povich of the drama talk show, Maury, where he conducted lie detector tests for people trying to find out if their SO was cheating on them. In this image, it's Maury sitting in his chair reading off of his "Maury" show notes card with text on the image that reads: "The lie detector determined that that was a lie." which is the line he says when the lie detector concludes that the person was lying.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jul 12

Me when I consider working towards learning a second language again

Distracted Boyfriend meme. The Boyfriend has the text "ME" on him and he's turning to look behind him at a woman that's passing by who has the word "FRENCH" on her. Beside the boyfriend is his girlfriend, absolutely abhorred by his behaviour and she has the word "KOREAN" on her.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jul 11

Any day now!!! 🌻✨ This one's over 5 feet tall and looks like it'll be quite the hydra!

Picture of one of my sunflowers in the garden. You can see the main, larger head with a few extra, smaller heads that look almost ready to open up and bloom.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jul 9

Following in the paw prints of her ancestors

Photo of a medieval manuscript that shows a series of inky cat paw prints decorating the pages of said manuscript.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jul 8

Cosmic Howling Wolf Totem 🐺🪐✨ My upcoming piece for Every Day Original inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos and the Voyager missions. This will be available 7/14 at 9:30am PT. If you'd like first dibs during the pre-sale, sign up for their newsletter before then! everydayoriginal.com #art #pottery

A ceramic black wolf sculpture with sgraffito details of fur all along the sides of it's body. They are positioned to look as though they are solemnly howling up at the night sky.

This image shows the back of the wolf in which I've chosen to carve our very solar system onto the center of the back of the wolf. The Sun has been painted with gold luster.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 30

Fun fact, this Rainbow Crow piece has heterochromia! I actually forgot I painted the eyes like that and was incredibly startled when I flipped the piece from side to side while taking pictures LMAOOO

Same image of the sculpture as previously posted but this time there's a penny added to show scale. The eye on this side is painted with an orange underglaze.

Same sculpture but now showing it's right side where the eye was painted with a turquoise blue underglaze.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 30

Rainbow Crow Totem (SOLD) 🦅🌈🪶✨ One of the pieces in my upcoming shop update that sold via early access. 100% of the proceeds from this piece went to Trans-E-Motion—a trans led non-profit local to me here in California's Central Valley. Happy PRIDE month, y'all ✨💖 #art #pottery

A large ceramic bird done with black underglaze, and has a rainbow of underglaze colours for it’s feathers. There is a gold luster sun disk on it’s head, and a handmade red tassel with a fortune coin tied to it.

a screen shot of my $350 donation to Trans-E-Motion for transparency (pun not intended LOL)

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 27

2 months old ➡️ 6 months old

Me sitting with a sable coloured German Shepherd puppy in my lap.

Me sitting with the same puppy but he's way bigger, like, grand prize giant stuffed animal at the county fair, size. His colour darkened up quite a bit compared to the previous picture.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 26

And a reminder: If you want to use social media less, but want to keep up with my work I regularly update my website with the latest! I also have a blog that I regularly update as well with the same information, and an email newsletter that I send out so you won't miss a beat ✨💖 lioninthetrees.com

Screen shot of my website's homepage where it shows information and photos about my latest shop update, my latest gallery pieces, and other news such as upcoming pieces and more.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 26

Here’s the group photo for my upcoming shop update! All paying Patreon members currently have first dibs access from now until 7/3 at 8pm PT. www.patreon.com/c/lioninthetrees The shop will be updating with any remaining pieces July 6th, 2026 at 9am PT! shop.lioninthetrees.com #art #pottery

A group of ceramic animals ranging in sizes from big to small—so small that some of the sculptures are being held by the larger ones.
There are mainly wolves, but there's also a large Rainbow Crow and a tiger with part of it's stomach hollowed out with a smaller wolf hanging out inside of the cavity.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 23

Leo the Lion Totem 🦁☀️🔥 My piece for Inverarity Gallery's upcoming Star Child show! Show opens June 30th (July 1st in Scotland). Link to sign up for their preview: www.inveraritygallery.com/subscribe-to... iirc you can also contact them to purchase work: anita@inveraritygallery.com #art #pottery

A ceramic black lion sculpture that looks like it’s running and roaring. It has sgraffito details carved all over it’s body including flames on it’s legs, a fire-y tail, and a creamy-white blanket with gold luster painted symbols for the sun and the zodiac sign of Leo.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 20

Me seeing that the Cueva de las Manos is in Santa Cruz vs me when I read further and see that it's in Santa Cruz, Argentina and not Santa Cruz, California

Disappointed Black Guy Meme - This meme shows a picture of a Black Guy who looks hyped up for something in the first image. And the second image next to it is him looking disappointed like, "Bruh, what?"

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· Jun 16

White Cat Totem 🐱🤍✨ My piece for the upcoming Giant Robot Store Gallery's Neko Show! My piece will be available online this Saturday, June 20th, at 11am PT on their site! ✨ More info can be found on their blog: www.giantrobot.com/blogs/gr-new... #art #pottery

A ceramic white cat sculpture with sgraffito details. The cat features striking red and black details on their face as well as golden luster poppies painted all over it's body.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· May 22

Reliquary Wolf Totem 🐺✨ This was an experiment to test out the concept of creating sculptures that also serve as a vessel for one's sacred objects and treasures. SOLD #art #pottery

A large ceramic wolf sculpture done with black underglaze and sgraffito orange California Poppy details. The wolf is lying down, has a handmade red tassel in it's mouth, and has a large cavity carved into where it's belly would be.

This image shows the back of the piece which features a number of California Poppy flowers crawling all over it's back.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· May 21

Blue and White Owl Totem 🦉☀️✨ I’ve been trying to figure out how to sculpt owls for years now because they look so iconic with a forward face vs profile. But I think I finally figured out how to make owls with this guy!! SOLD #art #pottery

A ceramic Great Horned Owl sculpture done with blue underglaze, gold luster, and a variety of linear and floral sgraffito details. The owl also has a golden sun disk mounted to the top of it's head.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· May 20

Mini Menagerie Hippo Totem 🦛✨ Definitely was thinking of William the Hippo, and how I would make a little hippo sculpture if I was alive back in the day while I made this little one! ✨✨ SOLD #art #pottery

A small ceramic sculpture of a Hippo done in black underglaze with touches of orange underglaze. There are sgraffito linear and floral details all over it's body.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· May 18

Sankofa Totem ☀️✨ Here's a preview of my piece I've donated to the upcoming Kaabo Clay Annual Award sale this coming Sunday (www.kaaboclay.org)! Pieces go live at 9am PT! For more info, check out my blog: lioninthetrees.com/blog/2026/05... #art #pottery

A ceramic bird sculpture where the feet are facing foward and the head has been turned to be looking back. The bird was done in a warm brown, speckled clay with black, red, orange, and green underglaze and sgraffito details. It has a gold luster sun disk on the top of it's head.

Shirley Jackson@lioninthetrees· May 16

I've never tried blending/layering colours until now, and I LOOOOOVE how this turned out!!!