Snow Crescent Moon stoneware Romani women would sometimes whisper

Romani women would sometimes whisper messages through their curled over right hand to be taken to their loved ones who were far away

a symbol that has been used for at least 5000 years and represents motion

to trust in your inner resilience and to keep moving through the world with a sense of adventure

and then her eyes and lips are overglazed to give them the shine that animates her

It has been fired twice and coated in a Japanese cocoa shino glaze

Snow Crescent Moon stoneware Romani women would sometimes whisperThese moons are a nod to the the old fashioned witch balls that traditionally hung in windows to protect a home from disruptive nature spirits. In folklore, wayward entities would enter objects by their eyes and make a home within them. Our moons hang from a blue velvet ribbon with a small brass bell (as a household can never have enough bells for protection!) and are the all knowing moons of fairy tales. This moon represents the Snow Moon which is