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Clay Vessels<\/h1>\n

I make clay vessels using hand-coiling methods or manufactured stoneware forms. Vessels function as works of fine art or for containing Orisha. Orisha vessels are always unique, custom made for their owner’s sacred needs and ritually consecrated. Coiled clay vessels, whether for Orisha or fine art purpose can be finished by pit-firing, decorated and kiln-fired at low temperatures. or decorated with underglaze colors and kiln-fired. Some have lids made from clay and other materials like wood, basket fibers, and gourds. Vessels are one-of-a-kind, individually priced. Also see Orisha Pumpkin Pots-1997 in Making Art for the Spirit – LINK Click here <\/a>
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Vessel for Oya<\/h3>\n

Orisha Pumpkin Pots Series – 1997
\nPit fired stoneware decorated with colored slips and copper carbonate, burnished surface, \u00a9 1997
\nThis vessel is from a series of pots each decorated with pumpkins, and also decorated and dedicated for an Orisha. Vessel for Oya utilizes red and purple, colors associated with her, and displays nine eggplants, her number and food. It is not intended for use as a consecrated orisha pot to house Oya. Also see the Orisha Pumpkin Pots Series – in Making Art for the Spirit – LINK Click here <\/a>
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Vessel for Shango<\/h3>\n

This piece was custom made for an Orisha priestess’s Shango. The shape, and decoration (interior and exterior) was prescribed by the Orisha via divination. Stoneware decorated with burnished porcelain and red ochre terra-siggilatta, kiln-fired, \u00a9 2007
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Persephone’s Pot<\/h3>\n

This piece was made during the process of Making Art for the Spirit when I was engaged in experiential research of the Eleusinian Mysteries, ancient Greek rituals for the triple goddess: Hecate, Demeter and Persephone. 3 views, hand-coiled sandstone buff clay, burnished surface, kiln and pit-fired. 8 inches high x 4 1\/2 inches diameter, \u00a9 1996, 2020
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