“You have traveled too fast over false ground;Now your soul has come to take you back.Take refuge in your senses, open upTo all the small miracles you rushed through.Become inclined to watch the way of rainWhen it falls slow and free.Imitate the habit of twilight,Taking time to open the well of colorThat fostered the brightness of day.Draw alongside the silence of stoneUntil its calmness can claim you.”- John O'Donohue
This year's ritual colour offering is the EARTH PRAYERS Wild Clay Celtic Wheel of the Year Paint Palette & Earth Pigment Set, from The heART of Ritual.
This set is created for those interested in talismanic art and ritual practices, land based art, wild organic colour, sustainable art, herbalism, sigil magic, art journaling and more. It is both a lovesong and an ode to home, this beautiful planet.
This listing is for one EARTH PRAYERS wild clay paint palette and set of eight earth pigments. The wild clay that was gathered for this ceramic paint palette was collected in the high Alps next to streams of glacial melt water. Each piece was shaped by hand, textured by a stone gathered in the stream, and the clay itself was not 'purified' of the tiny stones that occurred in it, they are still there and tell their own stories. Each palette is a one off, handmade and completely unique, as such, slight variations will occur in shape and colour. Each palette is finished with cordage made from reindeer rawhide that has been eco dyed with Oak tannins, so you can hang your palette as a piece of talismanic art between uses if you wish. As you can see from these pictures, the paint palette is large.
The EARTH PRAYERS wild clay paint palette comes with a set of eight earth pigments, one for each of the eight sacred festivals in the Celtic Wheel of the Year. Each earth pigment was gathered by hand and ground in a hand carved mortar and pestle made from Gneiss. This material roughly dates to about 1.6 billion years old and some of the Gneiss in that locality is over 3 billion years old, making it among the oldest rocks on earth (which is about 4.5 billion years itself). This gives a whole other dimension of contemplation when you consider O’Donohue speaking of stone as the tabernacle of memory! Each earth pigment comes to you in a recycled glass bottle with cork stopper, ritually sealed with local beeswax, and adorned with our botanical Celtic Wheel of the Year mandala.
I create a ritual colour collection each summer, and this is this year's offering - clay palettes and earth pigments shared in the earth element/winter collection. Previous years have focused on ritual body colour, ecoprinting and botanical dyeing, and botanical ink and watercolour paints, this year is a nod to illuminated manuscripts and the heART of creative meditation through the form of stone and earth pigments for paint making.
Why do I consciously create colour collections each summer? Because summer is fire element, and fire element relates with colour, creativity, proactive embodied rituals, inner child healing and visual stimulus amongst other virtues.
A personal note on the price - I am aware that these are vastly underpriced, however it is important to me personally that this offering remain as financially accessible as possible to those who feel drawn to work with them. Doing so is my way of honouring this ancient art, and seeing YOU for the path you walk and the work you are practively doing. Too few people are engaged in this deep form of ritual work in these fast modern days, so I hope that this might encourage more to consider it.
Please note that these paint palettes are made to order, if you have a special dedication you would like included while I make yours, please let me know by including a note at time of purchase. Three weeks are required for this clay to dry enough for bisque firing, get its initial firing, and it's second firing. As such, please be aware that these orders begin shipping just over three weeks from the date orders begin to be fulfilled. If this set is ordered with additional items, please be aware that all will ship together once your palette has been fully fired and ships. Thank you.
EARTH PRAYERS Wild Clay Celtic Wheel of the Year Paint Palette & Earth Pigments
My personal practice is to walk lightly, and this is reflected in all that I do, including what is available via this online shop (and in person). All offerings are made from seasonal, sustainably hand harvested local native plants, flowers, resins, our medicinal plant tinctures, extracts, our tree, flower, mushroom and crystal essences and much more. Absolutely every single ingredients is gathered by me, crafted by me, packed and shipped by me, nobody else touches them. This is something I am very 'strict' about, and for good reason too as it relates with energetic integrity and ritual creation. This is why I 'work' ritually, in silence, and alone at all times and at all stages in the process.
