Pendant size: 1” or 2.5 cm square.
CREATION DETAILS: I 'hand-built' this pendant using my dark brown stoneware clay and my fingers. It's glazed with agate glaze and the the laser decal turns a very beautiful sepia color on this glaze. The back is not glazed at all so that you can feel the ceramic clay against your skin. It's very rustic, even bohemian. This leather suede cord is left long and tied with a knot.
A BIT ABOUT ME & MY STUDIO: I make each and every pot by myself in my own studio called “Dancing Dolphin Pottery” in Ohio, USA. (No studio assistants). I throw these pots on my potter's wheel and fire them in my electric kiln. I love to make these pots! They bring me such joy! As I sit down at my wheel I first bring in Reiki energy to connect with the clay. This energy opens up my creativity and grounds me to Mother Earth. Then I try to listen to what the clay would like to become. When I know that this small ball of clay will be a mug, I form a picture in my inner eye of the shape that I desire. Then my hands and my muses do the rest! Of course, the 5 years of pottery classes and 10 years of practice doesn't hurt! But--there's a point when you let go of all that you've learned and just BE. I highly recommend that everyone with a passion for pottery take a pottery class to experience it for yourself! For more about me, please visit this page on my website: http://www.cropcircleclay.com/Gallery.php
HOW I PUT WORDS AND DECORATIONS ON MY POTTERY: The designs that I use on my pottery are the crop circle patterns that please me the most. I print my own laser decals on a laser printer and it's the iron oxide of the toner that burns into the pots in a special 3rd kiln firing. This extra step requires more materials (decals & toner), labor (I spend about 30 min. designing each piece) and electricity. This is why my personalized pots with decals are more expensive than “stamped” personalized pieces. But, of course they are worth it! My pots are high fired to cone 5 for durability and are dishwasher and microwave safe. Also, only lead-free glazes are used.
WHY CROP CIRCLES? The crop circle designs are formations (pictographs or glyphs) found in farmer's fields all over the world. I love them! They are both beautiful and inspirational! I believe they trigger the divine spark in all of us. Although predominantly found in the county of Wiltshire in England, there have also been some in my home state of Ohio! We don't really know who creates them but the patterns are created with sacred geometry. Many, many theories abound! I can't wait to walk into my first crop circle and feel the energies. I'd love to lay down and meditate there.
Is this a gift? If so, please let me know so that I do not include a receipt. If you'd like it shipped directly to them, make sure to put their address in the “Ship To” screen in Paypal. If you'd like your gift wrapped, please consider adding my "Gift Wrapping" item: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79254105/gift-wrapping-for-one-item-from-crop. Charging a nominal fee for wrapping helps pay for the time and materials this added feature requires.
Who or what makes crop circles? Is it Mother Earth herself? Our Collective Consciousness? Inner Earth Beings? ET's? Inspired Humans? Sound energy? No one really knows for sure, but I believe the sacred geometry in the symbols awake something deep inside of us. Hopefully they are helping to raise humanity's consciousness; we all could sure use a lift!
My website with all my links: www.cropcircleclay.com
Quick link to Home page of my Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/cropcircleclay
Note: Pendants will be shipped via USPS First Class mail within the U.S. and First Class Mail Int'l outside of U.S.
Thank you for looking!
Diana Brower
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