My journey with pottery began in 2021, when a friend, Alice, suggested we create ceremonial cacao cups together as we both wanted to make our own. For her birthday , in March, I ordered a home pottery kit. We laughed, we ate, we sang, and we created all kinds of different cups. We fell in love with the process. This is definately a craft we wanted to dive deeper into, so we started scouring the internet for pottery classes. Due to lockdowns that had commenced in 2020 we couldn’t find a single studio open or offering classes. We knew that in time things would open again and we could persue that spark of inspiration when the time was right.

In August Alice was diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer and her liver was failing, among many other complications. Her condition consumed her so quickly that she transitioned to the other side by January 2022. We didn’t have that chance we were waiting for. On the day she transitioned I felt the need to once again search for a pottery instructor. Instantaniously, I found a teacher who had opened up his house for private lessons. Without batting an eye, I purchased 8 sessions.

Throughout my lessons I was constantly reminded of how much joy and pleasure this would bring Alice, and I was personally experiencing a form of catharsis with my hands in the clay, thinking of Alice. I would cry knowing that she would love this just as much as I was. I would cry tears of happiness knowing that she was a part of this moment, on the other side, just as much as I was. We were co-creating, still.

I began to create the collections based on the Munay Ki Archetypes she used to speak of. The first collection represented the Snake, and the second collection honoured the Jaguar. The Hummingbird and Eagle will follow shortly.