This listing is for the bowl in the first three photos. I have named it "Cloud Heart" because of the fire clouds created a heart shape on the inside of the bowl. It is a striking bowl, with the shine of mica star constellations sparkling in a moonless sky.
Size: about 9" diameter, 3" high
Because mica clay pottery is sturdy in the oven and on the stovetop, you may bake bread or simmer a stew or casserole. I will include a recipes for wholesome bread and cinnamon spiral rolls to bake in your blessing bowl.
In addition to baking bread, you may use your blessing bowl as a "one bowl meal" of salad, soup, chile, pasta and rice dishes, or for serving veggies or fruit. Mica clay is said to make food taste better. Because of its alkaline qualities, it balances the acids in foods, which is key for a healthy diet. Eating meals from mica pottery has changed my whole approach to food. Holy clay creates holy food.
Place your blessing bowl on your holiday and Day of the Dead tables. Use it as a "burning bowl" for sage and cedar smudges.
This clay a silky smooth blend of mica clay from New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. I throw and trim my mica pots on my potter's wheel, then meticulously polish with a smooth rock to create a lustrous semigloss surface. This in essence takes the place of a glaze. No additional glaze is applied, making these pots amazingly chemical-free. After the pots are polished, buffed and fully dry, I fire them in my small kiln for about 10 hours to 1750 degrees. A second firing it in a wood pit fire creates the "fire clouds". Each fire cloud is unpredictable, a true gift of the fire.
I make offerings and prayers with blue corn at every stage of the process of creating a vessel. Each vessel I've made seems to require from 8 - 10 hours of loving hands-on care, from clay to fired pot. It is signed with my potter's name Patch, and dated.
This clay is unlike any other clay I've known during my forty years as a potter. The mica comprises up to 80%, and has a healing quality. Mica has been used in Native American medicine bags for protection and thwarting negativity. I find its energy signature to be of an angelic being, named Micah, who has accompanied me on a recent healing journey and will come when called.
Caring for your mica pot: I have "seasoned" this bowl with a coating of virgin olive oil then baked it in my oven at 375 degrees for 40-60 minutes. Seasoning increases the life of the pot, seals it, makes cleaning easier, and enriches the flavor of food. The color of your blessing bowl will become richer and more textured with use. Use only warm water and a sponge to clean your pot. Soap will remove the seasoning. Wooden or bamboo spoons are kinder than metal to the interior surface.
I wouldn't dream of placing mica pottery in a microwave.
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