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Mugshot Monday – Nova Scotia!

Today is Nova Scotia Heritage Day and so
I would like to highlight what I think is one of this area’s greatest assets

The ForestsWhether in Winter Spring Summer or fall The forest makes life even sweeter.

So here is a mug of local apple cider Mug 13
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And a big Thank you to the forests of Nova Scotia What is something
that you adore about where you live?

National Love Your Pet Day (FUR REAL!)

Today is National Love Your Pet Day!

LEGITIMATELY !

So what could be better than sharing a collection of photos of

the Lovable Chairman Meow. The Surly King of Clay Nude and Presenting Gifts this past Christmas
(you can read this year’s Christmas Eve Message from Chairman Meow here) A very tough lion. BE careful “This Studio ain’t big enough for the both of us”
One of Chairman’s Angels Ready for the holidays (and this post) to be over. Do you have any pet/s?

What is/are their name/s?

We’d love to hear about them! and Don’t forget to give your pet/s
lots of extra love today

(and every day)!

This Week At The Studio In Photos

The week began with snow, but as spring is coming, so too do the heavy winds and rains.

The whites of winter are changing
to the blues and browns of the incoming spring melt. Up a tree on the North Side Up the South Side of the same tree A 5 minute walk from the Studio, the highway is flooded at 0C, 1 hour after high tide. 18 hours later, the road continues to be impassable due to flooding
– 13C and 1 hour after low tide Thankfully, the Alchemist Studio is situated
18m/59ft higher than sealevel and so our spring-fed drinking water continues to be without salt Water which goes very well in this newly released jug
commemorating the Spring Melt.

Spring Melt Jug
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Error! You must specify a product name in the shortcode.And That’s been the week here.

How has your week been?

Multifaceted

“To judge a man’s character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.”

— Paul Eldridge Blue Jug
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the jug and ocean are one and the same. We are each much more than we know.What is something about you that may surprise those that know you?

More jugs coming soon!

A Day To Celebrate

It’s officially national drink wine day

And we are enjoying sampling some homemade wine.

This year was grape, elderberry, rhubarb and black currant.

It’s been a good wine year!

This year’s red grape wine made came out exceptionally well! It’s a bold full-bodied flavour that has made juicing countless bunches of grapes feel very worthwhile. So quite happy about that.

The rhubarb is, as always, an easy hit; the black currant is like a sweet candy; and the first-time-to-make elderberry is – ironically – pretty young and probably needs to be combined with another wine to be more enjoyable.

We invite you to celebrate with us with a bit of wine and hope that you have an excellent weekend to come! Our favourite of the wine goblets. More can be seen here
Turquoise Rising Goblet
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Are you a wine person?

Have you ever had homemade wine?

When Life Is In Chaos

If you would like greater context of this vase in the Alchemist’s Studio universe, please check out raku vase, ‘Tears of Uranus’, which you can read here, and also the story for ‘Gaia’s Revenge‘. It’s no wonder those two come from Chaos!

Now let’s Descend in to Chaos!Chaos – $ 90
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‘Chaos‘, tells the tale the story of everything, but also nothing, of the void, and how everything sprung from it. And it may explain those days we all have when the unexpected keeps cropping up.

It’s not easy existing in a cosmic void, particularly if you feel like you are alone in the universe. Fortunately, for most of us, we will never know how that really feels. But for Chaos, it was the only thing they would know for some time.

Chaos existed for much time in a state of disorder, at least according to us humans. One day Chaos started feeling different than usual. They wondered if they had eaten too many sub atomic particles and space junk.

Chaos definitely began to feel more and more strange, until suddenly, a cosmic egg emerged from them. At first Chaos dismissed this occurrence as simply just more Chaos, but it was from this egg that all elements of our world would originate from.

Cosmic egg, it does the universe good.

You can read the vase story of another cosmic egg from another culture here – The Brahmanda!

That our Earth comes from Chaos

Might explain a lot of things from our history and that are even going on today.

That science so many years later would describe the origin of the universe coming from a single point in a void, makes me wonder if the Greeks knew something we did not.

Thanks for reading and
have a great weekend!

🤜 Thursday Throwdown February 2022 🤛

It’s time for this Month’s
Battle Of The Vases!

It’s vase-to-vase combat like you have never seen before!

How it works: We share two vases and YOU vote which is your favourite! The winner will then move on to the next round to face another competitor!

Last time, Perihelion and Evangeline battled to the death!
Your vote has determined that

Perihelion survives and
Evangeline is finally defeated! Evangeline
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The Series so far Gorgeous Vases of No Contact Wrestling Vase Name

Gossip Girl
Phoenix Reborn
Pillar of Atlas
Evangeline
Ogopogo
Iris En Ciel
Original Twin
Kermit The Vase
Haring’s Dance
White Walker
Sobek’s Tears
Mount Olympus
Argus
Draupnir
Grandmother
Old Soul
Make It Work
Hope Rising In Springtime
The Eye Of Horus
The Eye of Balor
Electra
Mother of Dragons
Father of the Sea
Madame Pele’s Flow
Elysium
Flora’s Hope
Venus And Adonis
Forged Seating
Perihelion

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Can Perihelion stay high up in the sky?

Or will a cloud overtake the sun?

You Decide! The Nephalai
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The Nephelai tells the tale of these offspring of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, who at first glance you may not see, but they definitely have a seat at the table. The water table that is!

They also don’t like Tori Amos very much.Look up at the sky some time and you may see, hopefully only a few, clouds.

Or so you think!

What you might be seeing are the white billowing robes of the mostly transparent, but beautiful Nephelai.

The Nephelai were the nymphs of the sky, and if you’ve ever forgotten your umbrella and then got wet on a rainy day, it’s their fault. For these nymphs were far more than just a pretty face.

They would spend their days collecting water in their cloudy pitchers, carrying them to the heavens. When all the pitchers were full, they would pour them from the heavens and nourish the earth with the water.

Talk about being prepared for a rainy day! Watch out Tori Amos! The next time you are bouncing off clouds you might hit one of the Nephelai and spill their jug.Maybe it’s Tori Amos’ fault when it rains? Perihelion
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Perihelion day occurs about two weeks after every December Solstice, and on this day, Earth’s center is approximately 91,402,500 miles from the sun’s centre.

Our sun appears the largest in our sky as it will be for the entire year! So to celebrate our sun, here is a bright yellow raku vase!

Who will be your victor? Be sure to get your vote by adding it in a comment BELOW! Their fate is now in your hands!We will share the winner (and update from last Time) next month!

See even more raku vases.

Conscious Acts of Kindness

“I shall pass through this world but once.

If therefore, there be any kindness I can show,

or any good thing I can do, let me do it now:

let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

― Etienne de Grellet

With all that is going in the world,

It can be easy to miss the every day opportunities to be kind, but those opportunities have not gone away!

We always have the opportunity to choose our words and how we express them. We have the power to choose to focus our actions on growing loving kindness in the every day moments.

And on top of that, research shows that being kind even helps us each to feel better!

What’s not to love?

We invite you to
join our collaborative art project
to help build more hope and co-create a better world

What is one of your favourite small acts of kindness to share?

On The Wheel Wednesday – Trim

In today’s ‘On The Wheel Wednesday’ post,

We will talk about letting go of and trimming the things that no longer serve us so it is only appropriate that I share some pictures of one of my favourite studio activities – trimming the bottoms of mugs.

Much like when I trim on a mug on the wheel

You may find yourself at a point in your life where you want to trim away things that no longer serve you thus allowing you to be your best self.

Letting go of these things or patterns

And refining our perceptions allows us to find new beauty within. It allows our best self and light to shine brighter, and in doing so we can find our feet again and stand taller.

Are there things you would like to let go of? Perceptions and thoughts or patterns you are looking to change?

If so, I would like to offer you an invitation to participate in our communal project of healing. You can find out more about our ‘Healing Vase‘ project in the video below, and participate by visiting here and adding your healing request on that page.

Have a beautiful day everyone!

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Have An A-Glazing Day!

Lots to glaze today! Click here to see glazed and finished vases May your day be filled with more joy than you can imagine!