Cabyn Fever Ceramics

Cabyn Fever Ceramics Stay tuned for fun creations by Alex Schmiechen. I do ceramics, drawing, embroidery, painting, multimedia, etc. I am based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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07/24/2026
Decorating cat cups: some studio glimpses! After throwing with about 15-16 Oz of clay, I add in the thumb dimples, trim,...
05/19/2026

Decorating cat cups: some studio glimpses! After throwing with about 15-16 Oz of clay, I add in the thumb dimples, trim, sign, and store my leatherhard cups! They wait patiently for me while I prep stencils (freshly cut on my cricut or reused from my stash). Then on to painting with underglaze, touching up, and carving stars! Then more patient waiting until they are ready to go into the bisque firing. What patient little pots 😂😜🥹

🌱A special project! ❤️Amidst working on restocking travel cups, I’ve also been working on my first personal pottery proj...
05/17/2026

🌱A special project! ❤️

Amidst working on restocking travel cups, I’ve also been working on my first personal pottery project in years (?!). I’m always thinking about the next market, or restocking inventory for the shops that sell my work, or doing a comission! I love doing all these things, but there’s something very special about getting to play in the studio and make something different and fun and outside of my usual offerings!! I made this big planter out of my scraps from several different clay bodies (all slam wedged together into a nice brown mix, swipe to see the fun marbled cross section from when I was mixing and wedging the clays all together!). I rolled out a big slab of clay (a rectangle about 16” by 37”) and used a 5 gallon bucket as my form! After tapering in the bottom and SMOOTHING I set to work on carving. I wanted to do a textural, repeating but flowing pattern - and here’s what I came up with! I realized that it reminds me of a when you put a warm corn on the cob onto a stick of butter, what do you think? 🌽🧈? I’ll be firing this planter sometime this summer, so stay tuned to see the finished product!

Also I made focaccia for the first time! Yay for victories in and out of the studio!

A small batch of my new book pots drop tomorrow, Sunday May 3rd at 11am CST!! Set your alarms, rev your engines, and che...
05/02/2026

A small batch of my new book pots drop tomorrow, Sunday May 3rd at 11am CST!! Set your alarms, rev your engines, and check out my shop!
I’m very excited to share this new batch of pots with you all! I always love experimenting with new designs and variations on a theme! I hope you love them too!

📖New design alert! 📚I’m so excited to share this new batch with you all! I’ll be bringing these and more to the  Pots, P...
04/23/2026

📖New design alert! 📚
I’m so excited to share this new batch with you all! I’ll be bringing these and more to the Pots, Plants, and Prints market this Saturday, April 25th from 10am-3pm!

These new designs were inspired by a comission for the Hiawatha Library for summer reading prizes! (More to come on that). In addition to those pots, I decided to play with various color combinations and fine tune this new design! I’ve always loved reading, fantasy books, audiobooks, and now that I also work at the Hiawatha library, this design just made sense! I love drawing inspiration from my hobbies and daily life, and I hope you love these new designs as much as I do! If there are any of these leftover after my market, I’ll list them on my website!

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Cedar Rapids, IA
52227, 52228, 52233, 52324, 52338, 52401-11, 52497-99

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