The calendula flower is a beautiful symbol of happiness and simplicity in life. Related to both sunflowers and marigolds, calendula has the same bright cheerful colors of orange and yellow. These days we sometimes hear of calendula as an ingredient of healing ointments and lotions - and through the centuries it has been regarded as a flower of healing, protection, …and even magic! Calendula was used in a potion in the middle ages for the purpose of summoning fairies, and folk tales say that planting calendula will attract garden fairies. I haven’t seen any yet, but when I add gold accents to the flower on each dish, I like to imagine how a calendula flower would look through a fairy’s eyes.In creating a jewelry dish, I first press a calendula flower and leaves into soft clay. Calendula blooms last a long time and I like to pick them towards the end of their bloom so that I can enjoy them in the garden. Calendulas are also an important nectar source for bees, and the bees seem to enjoy them too. 🐝 (don’t worry -there are lots in my garden and picking nearly spent flowers encourages more to bloom. I’m also usually able to reuse the same flower for many dishes). After the clay dries (this can take a week), I do a lower temperature firing of the clay in my kiln to harden the clay. This makes the clay easier to handle during the coloring and glazing phase. I add stains and underglazes to the flower and leaf imprints, finally coating the piece in ceramic glaze. A higher temperature firing in my kiln vitrifies the clay and melts the glaze into a glossy coating of glass. I add real gold accents by hand, and fire the piece one more time to melt and bond the gold.

~Vuvu Ceramics

Its a trap!😂😂😂

How sweet of her to keep an eye on the puppy... But isnt that what the cage is for?🤔🙃🙈😂

"I tolerate him."
In cat speak, that is true love.
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Well done.🫡😂

Cymatics is the study of sound and vibration made visible, typically on the surface of a plate, diaphragm or membrane.

From ancient Greek: κῦμα, meaning "wave", Cymatics is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The study of visible sound and vibration. The term was coined by Hans Jenny (1904-1972) a physician and natural scientist. In 'Cymatics: The Study of Wave Phenomena' he concluded, "This is not an unregulated chaos; it is a dynamic but ordered pattern."

Goodnight!

The simple joy of just being surrounded by nature, or rather God's creation, and letting one's senses be encompassed by the pleasures of it, has long lasting affects on one's well being, healing the mind, body, and soul of weariness and replacing it instead with peace, joy, restfulness.