The Salt Covenant
During ancient times, agreements and promises were sealed by a salt covenant. Each person would take a pinch of salt from their pouch and place it in the pouch of the other. This agreement could not be broken unless an individual could retrieve their own grains of salt. But this, of course, is impossible.
This raku-fired salt egg has been especially made for you to create a salt covenant with your spouse in the beginning of your new life together.
Both spouses should take a bag of salt and combine the the two bags inside the egg.This a bond that can not be broken... as is a symbol of an unbreakable promise of love.
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Raku Salt Egg with names of bride and groom & their wedding date
1 informational card about Salt Covenants (printed on recycled press sheets)
1 spoon (purchased from local GoodWill, cut and ground down)
2 bags of labeled salt (Husband & Wife) made from recycled table cloths
1 Informational card about Raku (printed on recycled press sheets)
1 Fabric Gift Bag Made from recycled table cloths
(Brown Bag is for Pick-Up Orders Only)
~~~~~Why do you need salt in your marriage?~~~~~~
Salt is a good preservative. It will help you remember that your love for one another should be preserved for all time.
Salt adds flavor. We all need a little spice in our lives.
Salt melts ice. When your heart begins to grow cold you can melt one another again.
Salt is easily dissolved. You can remember to dissolve your issues and learn to work together.
Now use this salt in your cooking until it's gone, and then each time it needs refilled, refill it together. It is a wonderful way to remember what your marriage is about.
Why an egg? The egg shape symbolizes the full cycle of life, and therefore encompasses all that you will enjoy, create, and love with in your life together.
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Every peice is unique!
There are not two identical pieces of Raku pottery! Raku glazes are ALWAYS DIFFERENT, sometimes the eggs have large crackling, sometimes small, sometimes both, they also may have black dots, and the smoke from the process can color each egg slightly and leave unique patterns. Raku glaze may also have marks from the tongs used to take the egg out of the kiln. All these different marks are apart of the beauty of Raku. Eggs range in size and shape, the bottom are approximately 3 to 4 inches, and the heights are approximately 3.5 to 5 inches. The hole in the egg also ranges in size, shape and placement on the egg.
The Salt Covenant is a Raku fired Egg using the leaves from my trees that we collect and grind down each fall. Each one is hand thrown, glazed and raku fired at my home. The packaging for the Salt Egg is all upcycled material. The bags are made from table clothes and curtains from my local Good Will, and can either be round or square, but will always be white or cream in color. Each spoon is different, we also purchase them from our local Good Will, cut them down and file them. The shipment packages are always recycled materials.
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Is raku food safe. Well there are two issues.
The first relates to the microcracking in the glaze that can cause seepage. Considering your egg is meant to hold salt (and salt only) seepage will not be an issue.
The other issue regarding being food safe has to do with the glaze. Here's the real problem. Many raku glazes make use of metals that are not good for you. The basic white crackle glaze formula used on these eggs contain only materials that are harmful when breathed in as powder form, so once fired, they are of no threat. Also the inside of the eggs are not glazed. The glaze on the eggs is on the outside and cracked edge of the egg only. I coat the inside of the egg with a food safe sealer.
So is raku food safe... no. Are my eggs able to hold salt safely? In all the research that I have done I believe they are.
Of course it is totally up to you to use the egg as you see fit. I have friends who use it as ornamental only, and friends that use it to house sea salt on the kitchen counter. I have my own in my kitchen and I use it daily.
Have any questions?
Contact the shop owner.
