New Cauldron!
Hello everyone, merry meet to y'all! I'm super happy and optimistic today for some reason, I've been receiving a lot of signs of Hecate (Hekate) lately and I'm super excited to finally work with her. BUT that's a story for another blog hahaha. Today I wanted to share with you the steps of how I did my new cauldron. Long post ✨.
Some of you might remember my black cat cauldron...well unfortunately I sadly broke it while making black salt :V, I know...I had to move on, so a few weeks ago I was walking in a store pretty popular in México called "Fantasías Miguel" which it might be consider the equivalent to "Michael's" from the US.
I saw this beautiful, beautiful vase. Well at least I think it was supposed to be some sort of vase or planter because it was hollow all the way to the bas. I completely fell in love with it. I had to take it home and turn it into my new cauldron.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
The vase, bowl or planter
Cold clay (I used DAS)
Moon water
Crystals (I used Moonstone and Labradorite)
MDF circle, mine was 10cm in diameter
Sculpting tools
Paint (I used black, white and translucent)
Cold liquid silicon
STEP ONE: Cover the bottom
Using the MDF plate I covered the bottom of the vase. I then proceed to moisturize the clay with Moon water and made a long strip which I used to cover the diameter of the MDF.
Using my fingers and a sculpting tool, I flatten the clay. When the entire surface was covered, I took some more and made the bottom of the new cauldron, thicker. Then proceeded to soften the surface with Moon water again.
STEP TWO: Making a pentagram
Turning and moving the cauldron around a few times, I finally decided my front. As you can se there's a white circle on top it's more like a bump. That's some sort of deformity of the object that I wasn't able to fully cover because it would've use too much clay, so I decided to use it as a reference for my pentagram.
Using my pointy sculpting tool I began by making five points and when I was happy with how they looked, I joined them. Using some Moon water and my fingers I then proceeded to soften the lines, then make them again, and repeat the process until I thought ready.
STEP THREE: Crystals
The three crystals that I envisioned in my cauldron where these three. Two Labradorites and one Moonstone. Two in the front and one in the back. I made this 4 cm x 20 cm x 1 cm rectangle which I placed in front and using Moon water I softened the entire surface. I pushed the crystals against the clay, gently, so they would leave a small mark and not deform the piece.
Then proceeded to remove some of the excess clay with the sculpting tools. This allowed me to make a perfect dent for the crystals.
Using some cold silicon I finally glued the crystals in their new home. I let it all air dry for 24h.
STEP FOUR: Triple Goddess
The next day I woke up with an entire different vision of what I initially wanted to do. I dreamt about making the Triple Goddess in the front, so that was exactly what I did.
Using some more clay and my sculpting tool, I drew a pretty little Moon about 2cm high and proceed to cut it. With Moon water I soften the entire surface until I liked how it looked and repeated the process. I placed them both on each side of the Moonstone and level them into the desired spot. Fell in love immediately, decided to glue them and let them dry.
STEP FIVE: Everything got polished
As both Moons were air drying I began polishing the inside of the cauldron. It really didn't took that much effort due to how soft and even the surface was thanks to my intense use of Moon water in the clay xD. By the time I was done, the exterior was hard enough for me to polish as well.
I used two different sandpapers, 100 for the inside, then proceeded to use a 1200 for the pentagram. As for the exterior I used the 100 sandpaper.
STEP SIX: Paint
I was super super happy with this step. I was so scared to paint it black, even tho black is my favorite color hahahaha. I just thought it looked so beautiful white. BUT when I painted the inside, the pentagram came to life! Every line looked super pretty.
I painted the exterior piece white, but then...THEN I remembered..
I had translucent paint!! I really don't believe the pictures reflect how beautiful it really looks. It tied everything together. Matched the Moonstone's and Labradorite's energy for sure.
I then proceed to place it in my altar, and made a blessing ritual.
And that's all!! What do you think? I honestly love the result! I waited so long to find the perfect cauldron, and it's finally here.
I really hope you like this, and find this inspiring and/or useful!
Image source: My camera
Blessed be,
-May xo.









