It would be neat to get into pottery, but seems like it would also be expensive. Especially since there would probably be a lot of failed attempts that can be costly, as you try to learn.

I'd like to collect mugs, but not the novelty ones. Unless it's Gudetama. Hardly anyone seems to make 14 to 16 oz. sizes, though.

Hehe! So true! ^~^; I tried pottery and ceramics several times, only to discover that I don't have very competent hands, and can't shape and sculpt worth a darn. <x/ I don't think I've ever made anything successful, other than a soap dish. <x'D In the shape of a fish.
That no one uses. ;-;

:] If I had the money and my own space place, I'd collect so many things..mugs, owl figurines, teas, stickers, buttons, rare souvenirs that have my name on them... <x}

that's a dangerous slope to slide down x''D i collect so much useless kitsch! i long ago ran out of room, hahaha

Well, ahhh, maybe not to an extreme extent. ^~^;
...except for maybe the owls. >w>;

There probably is. But I can't afford any type of class whatsoever. There's a few hobby things I'd like to try to learn about, but there's also the issue of other humans being involved and having too much anxiety to deal with it.

i stuck with rocks and flocked dolls(they are just so cute and tiny and perfect for making clothes) and now i have a whole section of wall just for that x''D

could bio buy children's terracotta clay? it can be baked in an oven and you can practice on little pieces of that until you feel confident enough to try it on actual pottery?

:] Bead pixel art is pretty neat.
You don't need any human interaction to pick that up as a hobby.
And you can sell your creations as like, coasters or keychains or something. ^-^

Or,
Bead animal keychains are something too. :] I learned how in kindergarten, and it's fairly easy to learn without paying for a class. :/ But you'd have to buy beads and strings and key rings.

It's also a slippery slop to start.

My mother was an artist and actually did some bead work, which was sort of like that. But at a much more advanced level where she would sew the beads directly onto leather. Even much tinier seed beads than average for other people who use them.

:] Well, if beads are not your thing,
:/ and might be a pain to work with since it requires patience and shorter nails,
*shrug* how about making your own art with your favorite or best type of medium? :]
Like painting songs? Or collages?

One requires paint and canvas, and the other scizzors, glue, and magazines. <u<;

aren't masses of art supplies the whole point of crafts? X''D

o_o;;;...…..*looks away, incredibly guilty of not using collected supplies* >~>;;;

pffft, i've got no shame x''D if i live to be 100 i will not be able to use up all this fabric and thread

<U<; *has supplies leftover from when I made a big cardboard gingerbread house for my grandma 7 years ago...*

oh man, how dense is the fluting? i could use some sturdy cardboard

Oh my bad. <x'} Did I say carboard? I meant Styrofoam..oops. I forgot I used the carboard only for the bottom where I set the house ontop of. :/

fair, fair. cannot use that though, one of the kitties likes to gnaw on the stuff XD

OhhNOOOOO! D,X
Kitty that's not for eating!!

Though when I was a little kid, I used to chew on lots of things I shouldn't have been chewing on. >u>; Like erasers, the metal around the erasers on a pencil, the pencil, paper, plastic straws, plastic foam cups, my nails, and that's the limit of what I'm comfortable admitting. >w>;

I agree that collecting supplies really is a hobby in and of itself. Hunting all the neat things is pretty fun. Hand tools, even if you don't have a use for them, can be addictive.

Maybe you're secretly a robot and need the nutrients from metal and plastics that you can't get from human foods.

<w<; I thought so too, until I found my hunger yet unsatisfied by loose-leaf and stickers...and electric cords. :/
<:\ Unfortunately I am organic and need organic sustenance to function.

dude, i've got bad pica x''D i used to chew on one of those cut crystal balls that come on the end of fancy windchimes and i only recently stopped my ice chewing rampage

:D haha, I used to keep marbles in my mouth sometimes. <xP Gross what I recall doing as a kid hehe.

i assume you didn't wash them before sticking them in? XD

@chocobo: <u<; yehh...by the time I could figure out what looked clean, I wasn't stickin' marbles in my mouth anymore.

@mekatra: It's rare for me, but I too nibble on some of my notebook paper! >u<;
Mostly if I'm really hungry or frustrated with the class material. :/

chewing gum seems like an ideal thing for us XD

I can't chew gum anymore. <u<; It makes my stomach sick and my throat scratchy and dry...used to chew it every day tho from the end of high school into first college semster. :/
Now I just chew the inside of my cheek. <x<;

hahaha, welp, you are now our leader, mekky. i can't compete with that!

is it any gum or just the stuff you used to eat?

:/ I think any gum..
Unfortunately, I can't enjoy gum anymore. ^-^ Which is actually good because now I don't have as much bloating and abdominal pain from it.
Still got me a strong jaw tho. >:} I could play tug of war with medium sized dogs.

sounds more like an allergy than an intolerance, heck

There's also chewable stim toys.

https://www.stimtastic.co/stim-toys/...ewable-raccoon

:] Eh. It don't hurt that much. I've been chewing on the inside of my mouth since I was a toddler. >u> Because those chewing rings never satisfied my craving for skin and blood. o_o ...I was a gross, hardcore little child that ripped off hangnails and chewed scabs. >u>; I don't so much anymore, since I can chew on other things like...steak! -W- Mmmm, juicy, tender steak.~ <3

o-o...come to think of it, my affinity of tug of war, habit of chewing, bursts of energy and love of meats is kinda akin to a dog in a lot of ways. :/ I might have been a dog before in a previous life. <x}

hey all //waves
//sits in the rushes at the banks of the pond