#instead we have a small army of cali dragons on a shelf in the living room

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

For all the cyber punk people out there:

The kiln gods are not orphan deities.

Their kin will fuck up your 3D prints if they are not properly feared and respected.

Level your beds. Store your materials properly. Be humble enough to buy (partially) pre-assembled. Ventilate and use enclosures. Clean your surfaces. Question the reason for low prices on anything. Use supports and brims. Create designs for the medium you print in, rather than try and force your medium to behave as it can't for design's sake.

And then pray to the 3D printing gods, because it may still all go wrong.

I’m taking pottery lessons right now… and my teacher said “the kiln gods are being kind to me right now.” And that made me stop and think. Is there a god of pottery? I tried to look it up but it’s hazy.

In Ancient Greece, Athena was apparently the goddess of crafts, which is a bit vague. Hephaestus was the god of sculpting, but that’s not right either.

In Ancient Egypt, I found Khnum who made the other gods and humankind on his potter’s wheel.

I found two gods of pottery in Southeast Asian cultures, Lianaotabi and Panthoibi.

But I wasn’t able to find anyone else. Pottery being such an important part of daily life all around the world, it seems like there would be more. Does anyone know of any other gods of pottery?