Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.

@tcronin50

Writer, potter, recovering academic (social psychology, Ph.D.). Mom (two grown men, youngest is forever 28) and cat butler (Nemesis and Circe). Nature lover on a mystical path. Website:

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Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 10d

I got to see my niece pitch 🤩

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 13d

My mom, sister and niece are in Salem for my niece’s fastball national championships. Consequently, I get to spend some time watching my niece play fastball this week 🤩

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 14d

Nemesis is such a diva 🤩

A white cat with a diamond face named Nemesis makes herself comfortable in a cubby spot usually used to display pottery. Now she’s in full view to anyone in the room. She looks amazing, of course.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 17d

My first freshly picked blackberry batch of the season, topped with roadside “weeds” for eye candy, will be dessert tonight if I can resist eating them long enough. Now to peruse my bookshelves for the perfect weekend story…

A ceramic wheel thrown bowl filled with plump, ripe blackberries sitting next to a hand built whale with a friendship plant growing out of it. Behind them is a hand built lotus seed pod flower frog vase containing roadside yellow and white daisy-like flowers, along with some angelica.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 21d

Sheila is here to remind me that her and her kiddos grace the pottery throwing area with their squirrelly magic, AND that it requires an abundance of nuts to keep the magic flowing properly.

A squirrel named Sheila who likes to hang around the pottery wheels on the balcony and beg for nuts. Her person gladly provides them for her and her kiddos, even after she hacked the jasmine bush to build her nest this year.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· 29d

The brave exploration of first time/newbie creatives doesn’t ever get old. It seems like my heart is always smiling these days. #ClayPlay #Pottery #Handbuilding #Ceramics

The results of a composite pinched pot workshop showing off different takes on pitchers and vases. There are also a few already glazed wall pockets in the foreground.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jul 13

Teen Squirrel is thinking about taking up pottery, but only if Nemesis watches. TS: “Hey, where’d she go?!”

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jul 8

Busy little bumbler 🐝

A bumble bee buzzing all around a bouquet of lavender flowers sitting on top of a purple table cloth.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jun 28

A friend told me about the amazingness of the Vancouver Farmer’s Market—I went today after Sunday Service at The Center. I’m basking in the bounty and look forward to good things all week. AND I finally found an excellent taco salsa with some actual kick! My seasonal cherry bowl overfloweth 😍🤗🥰

Plump dark red cherries from local farmers overflowing a black, red and white porcelain bowl that’s glazed using the bubble blowing method. The bowl is set out every year during cherry season and almost always has a display of cherries spilling out of it.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jun 20

Happy Friday! Please enjoy this video of my cat Nemesis getting stoned on catnip!

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jun 12

Happy Friday! Here’s a honey pot 😍 #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowing #pottersofbluesky #glazing #clayplay #kilngods

A round honey pot with a honey wand sticking out of the lid. The jar is glazed in warm yellows, tans and rusty orange with some greenish flashing here and there.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Jun 5

Happy Friday! 🌼🤗💕 #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowing #glazing #clayplay #pottersofbluesky

A smiling daisy mug with light green and flowing iridescent blue background glazes, fitting right in outside with the jasmine plant.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 25

This joy expanding practice is spreading throughout the neighborhood and is a great reason to go for a walk. Happy Memorial Day!

An outdoor shelf filled with vases of free garden flowers for anyone walking by. There are brightly colored roses and peonies along with other varieties—pinks, lavenders, fuchsias and yellows.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 23

Today’s inspiration and timeline cleanse, courtesy of one of my neighbors 😍

Freshly cut fuchsia garden peonies in a vase with a sign in front of it that reads, “Take one (or two) to your love. He noticed a young couple admiring his peonies and decided to offer them to passerbys to spread the joy. His hope is that lots of little gifts like this will pop up in neighborhoods everywhere.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 17

The flute is now resting in its new ceramic home. My sister is thrilled! 😍🤗🥰 #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #glazing #kilngods #clayplay

A flute resting on a ceramic flute stand made especially for a very loved musician.

A close up of the ceramic flute stand with the flute. The base is glazed in cosmic greens and blues and has a spiraling pattern that resembles rippling water, as if flute music caused a ripple effect.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 14

Here’s a little pottery engineering feat—my sister wanted a ceramic flute stand and I could not find an existing model of such a thing so I had to make it up as I went. It turned out to be much simpler than how I started this project. Over the moon! #wheelthrownpottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky

A wheel thrown ceramic flute stand with a spiral design, glazed in cosmic greens and blues

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 11

Mother’s Day with Big Mama and orange footed friends

Tualatin River meets the Willamette with ducks and driftwood in the foreground

Two ducks with orange feet on the Willamette River

A duck with orange feet on the Willamette River

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 7

Irises and calla lilies from my sister’s garden 🤗 Happy Mother’s Day weekend, sky gazers! 💙

Purple irises and calla lilies in a vase on the coffee table. In the foreground is a hand built ceramic blue whale planter which contains a friendship plant.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· May 2

All the soft places

A black cat named Circe with golden eyes, content to find herself cradled between two puffy couch pillows—but only after she kneaded and fluffed them just right.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 29

Yellow and purple flowers for me these days. Last time it was purple irises and yellow pincushions from Trader Joe’s. Today I’ve got yellow calla lilies and the some spiky purple flowers. I can get creative with my arrangements using this lotus seed pod frog vase. One of my favorite things!

A hand built ceramic frog vase in the shape of a lotus seed pod, glazed in browns and greens. It has an arrangement of yellow calla lilies, spiky purple flowers, and feathery green heather leaves.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 19

There’s a lakeside park about 10 minutes away—I go there for the water lilies. Right now, leaf pads are just opening on the water surface (timeline cleanse). This park is amazing—it has so many ways to play, including a community garden with look, smell, taste, touch and listen sensory markers 🥰

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 19

When it’s imperative to stay put because you’ve found your people, there’s a balance one must strike that still satisfies chronic wanderlust. I’m so grateful my people knew they should be in a place where I can drive 10 minutes away on my play day and feel as if I’ve traveled somewhere beautiful 🤩

The Sandy River in Gresham on a sunny spring day

Trees flowering in Gresham on a sunny spring day

Kiddos swimming at the neighborhood lakeside park on a sunny spring day

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 8

Here’s a commissioned mug in that fabulous purple combo, straight out of the kiln and sporting a lotus flower 🤩 #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowing #glazing #kilngods

A lotus flower mug glazed in iris bloom purples with bluish and pink flashing.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 8

It was such a nice kiln unload yesterday—I want to keep sharing #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowing #glazing #kilngods

A lovely, soft blue mug that features a lotus flower. Glazed in colors that create variations of blue and yellowish tan with translucent iridescence where the glaze flows down from the rim.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 6

Oh my goodness, I’ve been blessed with all the purple goodness the kiln gods could possibly dream up 🥰 #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrown #glazing #kilngods

A large, wheel thrown bowl with a spiral on the inside bottom, glazed in a range of purples and in a way that created the a spiral sun pattern.

The outside of the bowl in various shades of purple that resemble the colors of an iris flower.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Apr 5

Before meeting up with friends in downtown Hood River, I got some play time in at various spots along the Columbia River. I found quite a few agates. My favorite find (last picture) is probably a light colored carnelian—when dry, it looks a lot like citrine.

Clear Columbia River water showing off a colorful rock bed.

The sun setting on the Columbia River gorge.

An agate found on the Columbia River, lit up by an iPhone flashlight. It’s a bright translucent orange.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Mar 28

In keeping with today’s adopted theme, MORE TREATS NO KINGS, hosted by the kiln gods 😍

A handmade sushi set complete with sushi from a local restaurant. It’s an after the No Kings march treat.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Mar 28

A lovely day for a march

A dog with a protest sign that reads, “More Treats No Kings”

A protest sign with a drawing of a heart in balance radiating love

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Mar 28

Just stacked a cairne with rocks from the Oregon coast and it looks like an otter floating on its back. Perfect! Now off to No Kings!

A stack of rocks from the Oregon coast. The bottom base is a large tan and gray rock. It supports a smaller tan and white rock. On top of that are two white quartz and gray rocks stacked in a way that looks like an otter floating on its back.

Tracey Cronin, Ph.D.@tcronin50· Mar 27

I’m having sushi for dinner tonight. On this hand built set, recently unloaded from the kiln.