These tea ceremony bowls have been carefully designed and created for my tea ceremonies, they are the perfect size to serve tea and connect with the plants.

They are finished with a spear thistle glaze in a near by town to us, called Settle in the Yorkshire Dales.

Designed by us and brought to life in the hands of our local potter and friend “Rachel in the Dales pottery” using real hand harvested plants in a glaze created from Malham Tarn itself, the magical wild place that our shop is named after and hand stamped inside at the bottom with a crescent 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 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.

THIS DARK MOON TEA BOWL 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.

THEY ARE SUCH A LOVELY HAND HELD SIZE, PERFECT FOR ICECREAM, SWEETS, FRUIT, SOUP ETC TOO! 

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 MOONS 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 TEA BOWLS  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.

THESE TEA BOWLS 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 VESSELS 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.