Custom Copalero with Handle and Inlayed Turquoise deals for Burning Bowl Rituals and Shamanic Ceremony Mica Clay from New Mexico

Hold this wheel-thrown mica clay copalera with comfort as you burn copal or sage or other smudge herbs and incense. Use your copalero for a burning bowl and smudging rituals. Micaceous clay from New Mexico is exceptionally suited for burning bowls because it is highly heat tolerant. The chalice base raises the bowl from your table surface for safety. The sturdy handle allows for smudging and room clearing ease.

This holy clay is from New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. I throw and trim my mica pots on my potter's wheel. After the pots are fully dry and burnished with a smooth stone, I fire them in my kiln. A second firing it in a wood pit fire creates the smokey “fire clouds” on the exterior. Each fire cloud is unpredictable, a true gift of the fire. Traditional folklore says that this is the kiss of Spirit. This results in a combination of tawny orangewith grey and black smoke patterns.

Copal is the sacred medicine from Meso-America. It is a resin which comes from the copal tree and it can be thousands of years old. Copal is most often used to purify spaces, homes deals, altars and especially ceremonies during El Dias de Los Muertos. Copal is said to be a favorite fragrance of the ancestors, our loved ones who have crossed over. It draws them near because they like the taste & smell of copal.

Burn sage, cedar and sweet grass for clearing negative energy and creating a circle of protection. Burn joss money for abundance. Release all that no longer serves you and call in the new. Place your copalero on your Day of the Dead offenda with the favorite foods of your ancestors.

I make offerings and prayers with blue corn at every stage of the process of creating a vessel. Each vessel I've made seems to require from 8 - 10 hours of loving hands-on care, from clay to fired pot. It is signed with my potter's name Patch and Taos, NM.

Size: approximately 6" diameter, 6"-7” tall. OR a smaller size, about 4 1/2” in diameter and 5 1/2” tall. Please let me know which size you want at checkout in note to seller.

My clay supplier is experiencing delays in producing this luminous micaceous clay. Please allow 3-4 weeks to make, dry, burnish and fire twice, then time for inlaying the stones.

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