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Light - Weight Porcelain vessel, Tala Bulb, Plate “Oh soul, You worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, Why do you worry? You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul” Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi Thinking of holding a raffle/auction for the remaining gallery pieces. Thoughts? #babyblender #clay #ceramics #figurine #porcelain #sculpture #tala #lamp #vessel #etsy #lightheadead #raffle #auction (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfJ9yrjXCW/?igshid=16cioxh8clokt

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Lamp for Courage “When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated” -Rumi Thinking of holding a raffle/auction for the remaining gallery pieces. Thoughts? #babyblender #clay #ceramics #porcelain #sculpture #lamp #etsy #lightheadead #raffle #auction (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZ_0UvjVv-/?igshid=kxzhybighwrz

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#babyblender Lamps are now up on Etsy 🌻 #release #porcelain #ceramics #nightlight #creaturesofcomfort #spiritsandcompany (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDVBTM1D6h7/?igshid=1mb6rys4ltham

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01 Hearth / Spring 2020

Hearth is an ongoing collection of voices and expressions from diverse backgrounds, published both digitally online and offline every season - starting with Spring of 2020. It is an ongoing experiment that weaves our art forms and stories into a new stream, all one together.

To add your voice to the mix, please email with subject “Zine” to: [email protected] .

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Weight

Ceramic vessels of light.

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Bank

Dreamspace

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Apprehension

Porcelain vessel with lightbulb.

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Release

Porcelain vessel with light bulb.

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@gallerynucleus made this video and I’m loving the flute sounds, thank you guys so much! Although the gallery show is over there are still a couple pieces for sale (including Weight shown in the video) as well as pieces from my amazing gallerymates! Grab em while you can, link in bio. . Please also check out their amazing work: @rainajlee @jeneok @bluepenceramics @kristinakotlier . . . #pottery #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #love #handbuiltpottery #mothersday #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5pL7QD8Gc/?igshid=1gqvmpdjbcd9t

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Back when I was testing fairy lights. Also today marks the end of @gallerynucleus first ceramics show! Pieces are still available through their website! I feel grateful to have gotten to play a part and we could’nt have predicted covid would happen and force everything online. Life seems like a huge rolling experiment and despite my installation plans I now have something to look forwards to trying next time. . . . #bisque #fairylights #pottery #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #love #handbuiltpottery #mothersday #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_vcSdwj-Aw/?igshid=1dmv0updqq6by

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Today is the last day of Gallery Nucleus’ first ever ceramics show and it was a blast to be a part of. There are still a couple pieces for sale (including Weight shown in the video) as well as pieces from my amazing gallerymates! Grab em while you can, link in bio. . Please also check out their amazing work: @rainajlee @jeneok @bluepenceramics @kristinakotlier . . Reposted from @gallerynucleus (thanks for the video!) . . #pottery #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #love #handbuiltpottery #mothersday #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_vR7IpjjrV/?igshid=fdi98hvl4chx

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Silly video of Bank . . Bank is an interplay of questions that revolve around the relationship between planning for the future and the belief in our longevity. How does one effect the other? Progress photos of this series is up under my Log section of my website! Please check it out (lightheadead.com)
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Please purchase through @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #handbuiltpottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight
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Bank. How do we choose? . Bank is a play on the conventional piggy bank, complete with coin slot and cork stopper but the belly is exposed, ribs and all, and thus renders the act of saving as a conundrum. What are we saving for later? . So many things went wrong with this guy after it was sitting on the shelf waiting to be bisque-fired. I came back the next morning and his arm had broken off, not sure if it was a construction issue or if someone had tried to lift him. Even after the fixes and glaze, I had to pry him off his cookie which required breaking his leg and ear/antennae. The coin slot works but doesn’t accept quarters, and the ramp I was trying to build inside doesn’t actually work the way I wanted. The luster got messy and made his eye and back zombie-like which doesn’t help that he’s “resting/dead” but c’est la vie. You live and learn and hope it’ll all make sense eventually. . Progress photos of this series is up under my Log section of my website! Please check it out (lightheadead.com) . @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. Piece still available. . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #handbuiltpottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qCmZdDTFm/?igshid=1739iecb918oe

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Twins. When two becomes one what’s left to be done? . Two vessels make up this piece, soft touches that asks the viewer who moved first? A hand on the knee, another on the shoulder, feet intertwined with gentle familiarity. The heart weighs heavy with no solution but comfort through acceptance. . When I first had this idea I thought it would be poetic for the areas where they were touching be the only areas where they were joined. Turns out that makes for terrible construction. If you were to lift the two and twist one just any degree opposite than the other, in a bone-dry state, they will break and break it did. I’m glad it wasn’t worse than it was and I’m not sure why I had to stress myself out like that because all I wanted was them to come out solid together and yet the gentleness of their connection begged to be tested. I don’t know where these thoughts come from. . Progress photos of this series is up under my Log section of my website! Please check it out (http://www.lightheadead.com) . @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. Sold! . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #handbuiltpottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nWoUmjjg5/?igshid=wcsqp97r820f

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Hierophant. We tickle the riddle for whom? . The hierophant is traditionally defined as the interpreter of sacred mystery. Who is the one that spins the tale, that asks and answers the question with rhyme? Light pours out of the vessel’s mouth, illuminating words as waves. . Those who have had a profound impact on me were those who could see the poetry in their lives and share with others how their past connected the dots to their life’s decisions to pursue their evolving unknown and thus great adventure. It’s never epic in the way we think, but rather a “long walk in the park.” I’m grateful to have met so many teachers who remind me there’s always so much to learn and that making peace with the past can open more futures. Who would’ve thought going back was going forwards? 
. @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. Sold. .
🌻Also, I’ve updated my website and process Log so if you’re curious to see the start to finish of these pieces please check the linkinbio (Lightheadead.com). . . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #handbuiltpottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_k5wHlD13u/?igshid=q9to105q77uj

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Release . Is to live simply to suffer well? . . Release utilizes the eyes of the vessel as a source of light and emanation. What can be seen as sad on one end can also be seen as the necessary relinquishment that allows one’s emotions to flow through and out rather than kept within. . . @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. April 18 - May 2. Piece still available! . . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iMQOxjeMS/?igshid=ddsij2y5qyc8

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Separation . Where do we go now? . . Separation is the smallest vessel in the series with the tallest light and is a gentle reminder of the space and distance needed for our emotions to settle. . . @gallerynucleus “Vessels” Link in bio. April 18 - May 2. Piece sold! 🙏 . . #gallerynucleus #2020 #art #lightheadead #lamps #spiritsandcompany #cremerging #ceramicsculpture #contemporarycraft #pottery #makersmovement #handmade #clay #ceramics #earth #water #fire #light #breath #porcelain #gold #luster #siruslysilly #reikicharged #vesselsforyourlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ftTIODFCp/?igshid=1tp26kepron4v