This mug has been carefully handcrafted in a near by town called Settle in the Yorkshire Dales.

Designed by us and brought to life in the hands of our amazing potter and friend “Rachel in the Dales pottery” using real hand harvested plants in the glaze from Malham Tarn itself, the magical wild place that our shop is named after.

BEFORE THE NEW MOON, THE SKY GROWS VELVETY AND DEEP, IT IS THE NIGHT OF THE DARK MOON. THE DARK MOON IS THE GATEKEEPER BETWEEN THE WAKING WORLD, AND THE RICH, FERTILE LAND OF INNER TRANSFORMATION.

IT IS A TIME TO DIG DEEP TO TO WHERE OUR UNLOVED, UNHEALED, AND UNACKNOWLEDGED PARTS SILENTLY WAIT, ANSWERING THE CALL OF OUR SHADOWY SIDE HELPS US TO SHOW UP BIGGER AND BRIGHTER IN THE WORLD. LAY DOWN YOUR HURTS WITH THE DARK MOON AS IT’S TIME TO ROOT DOWN, BE STILL AND RELEASE ANY UNWANTED BURDENS SO YOU CAN PLANT THE NEW SEEDS TO GROW WITH THE WAXING MOON.

THIS DARK MOON MUG HAS BEEN CREATED USING DARK STONEWARE CLAY AND GLAZED WITH A MIXTURE OF CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTAL AND HAND HARVESTED DRIED SPEAR THISTLE. CLEAR QUARTZ IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND

PURE, IT AMPLIFIES THE BODIES ENERGY AND THOUGHTS AS WELL AS IMPROVING MEDITATION, HEALING AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE FELT WOULD ENHANCE YOUR TEA RITUAL.

IT IS SAID THAT CLEAR QUARTZ HARNESSES THE ENERGY OF THE STARS AND TRANSPORTS IT TO OUR SOULS, THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE THIS CRYSTAL, THE STARS SHINE SO BRIGHT AND CLEAR ON MALHAM TARN AND WE WANTED TO ADD THIS INTO THE DESIGN AS YOU CANNOT HAVE THE MOON WITHOUT THE STARS.

THE SPEAR THISTLE WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH UNTIDINESS WHICH WE FELT REPRESENTED THE MESS IN OUR MINDS THAT WE NEEDS TO BE SORTED THOUGH AT THIS POINT IN THE MOON CYCLE.

THIS PLANTS ABILITY TO SHED MANY STRONG SEEDS AND PUT DOWN GOOD ROOTS ALSO MAKES IT PERFECT FOR THIS OFFERING. THISTLES ARE KNOWN FOR PURIFICATION AND FLOW.

WE HAVE CREATED THESE EARTH VESSELS TO SIP OUR MAGICAL TEAS + TISANES FROM, OUR CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE MAGIC OF OUR RICH AND ANCIENT MALHAM TARN IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES, HAS INSPIRED ALL OF OUR TEAS AND OFFERINGS FROM THE START, BUT FOR THESE SPECIAL MUGS WE HAVE EMBEDDED SOME OF THE TARNS VERY OWN PLANT LIFE TO REALLY CAPTURE THE ENERGY OF THIS PLACE.

IN MALHAM TARNS WILD FLOWER MEADOWS, WE HAND HARVESTED THISTLES AND NETTLES TO CREATE THE GLAZES FOR THESE MUGS AND IN DOING SO HELPED BY CLEARING THESE UNWANTED “WEEDS” TO MAKE WAY FOR THE MORE FAVOURED WILD FLOWERS THAT BETTER SUPPORT THE WILDLIFE AND INSECTS UP THERE.

THE MUGS HAVE BEEN FORGED AND FIRED IN A KILN ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE TARN BY NATURE LOVING POTTER, RACHEL WHO IS FONDLY KNOWN AS “RACHEL IN THE DALES POTTERY”.

WE HOPE YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY FROM THESE MUGS AS YOU SIP FROM THEM, FEEL FREE TO USE THEM ANY TIME OR SAVE THEM FOR RITUAL USE ONLY, WE ONLY HOPE THEY BRING YOU HAPPINESS AND JOY.

All these mugs are totally unique due to them being handcrafted pottery but also because the firing process can bring out amazing colour variations on the clay and glaze, it is defiantly part of their charm.

The mugs are all handcrafted and use two different kilns that can create lots of variables, so sizes + glazes etc are sometimes slightly different to the picture.

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