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The Alchemist 🇨🇦
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Artist, potter, gardener, lover of trees, frolics in nature, star gazer.

Kindness matters.

Please join me on my pottery journey ❤️

rakupottery.ca

🏳️‍🌈 He/him, They/them

Mi’kma’ki/Eastern Canada
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I’ve been spending more time with porcelain lately;

There is something about the way the colours melt into it that feels alive.

These ornaments capture some of that magic.

#art #holidays
A large round red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook A textured multi-faceted red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook A smaller round red and white holiday ornament on a brass hook
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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A sneak-peak of our Holiday collection as we get it updated this week.

All of the items shown are for sale and ready to make their way to your home for the holidays!

More to come as the week progresses!

#holidays #art #pottery
A selection of 7 large ceramic ornaments in various colours A trans pride themed porcelain ornament 3 porcelain animal ornaments in white A raku fired Christmas tree in greens, reds, purples, and golds with a bit of black
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Meet Ember, a raku-fired bear born from flame and smoke.

Their copper, purple and orange hues shift like autumn leaves in firelight, ready to curl up and dream till spring.

🐻✨

#animals #art #bears #gaybear #pottery
A closeup of Ember the raku bear's reds, blues, metallics. Ember the raku bear's reds, blues, metallics in profile right side. Ember the raku bear's reds, blues, metallics in profile right side. Ember the raku bear being placed in the reduction container
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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If NASA made pottery this would be it.

Born from stardust, raku-fired and galaxy inspired, 30 Doradus Tarantula can find its orbit in your space.

#space #sciart #pottery
A galaxy-inspired raku pottery vase with coppers, reds, violets and blues 30 Doradus in the the Tarantula Nebula. Clouds of stars and star dust in reds, blues, purples and yellow A closeup of a galaxy-inspired raku pottery vase with coppers, reds, violets and blues. A raku-vase being placed into the raku reduction container while flames encompass it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Happy Halloween! We're back shipping to the US!

Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Hath fire breathed its burned air.
In shadow's grip and kiln's embrace,
This skull emerges, a flame-born face.

Double, double, kiln and trouble,
Flame doth hiss and glazes bubble.

#pottery #art #sciart #halloween
A white raku skull with cracks on white A metallic glazed raku pottery skull with golds, greens and purples A teal coloured raku skull with the classic black crazing. A Michael Myers (from the film Halloween) decoration.
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Enough for a small batch of white wine, and for snacks!

I'm pretty amazed at how well they did this year in a drought!

Permaculture really does help keep moisture in the soil!

#grapes #wine #gardening #harvest
A close up of a bunch of green grapes from our garden.
September 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Just harvested these grapes. This year the birds decided to share with me 😂🍇

Not too bad for a drought. I am learning how to plant for our warming climate.

#gardening
A silver bowl containing grapes on an old bench.
September 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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There is beauty in the garden.

#bloomscrolling #gardening
Pink turtlehead flowers with orange asters in the background.
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Brought this guy home from the shelter yesterday.
I may never be able to wear black again, but it's so worth it!
Our new family member, Oberon aka Obi.
Obi is sitting in our kitchen, mouth wide open, tongue hanging out. He is a white dog with a brown collar. Obi is in his dog bed paws posed and looking at the camera.
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We had a beautiful escape to the beach yesterday on the Fundy coast.

Not only were the temperatures cooler, but when we arrived at high tide it was like our own salt water wave pool!

Grateful there is now a 70% chance of rain on Thursday! (serious drought here)

#landscape #beach #NovaScotia
A coastal scene in Nova Scotia. You can see the green vegetation in the foreground, a stony beach, the water and some cliffs of a point into the distance.
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Currantly up to this...

Not sure if I will turn these into juice or wine.

#gardening #food #growyourown
A metal pot filled with black currants, outside. You can also see the grass and part of a bench it's on.
August 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We are currently in a drought which requires some deep watering of the garden. That gives me time to snack and the opportunity to harvest a snack for my love 💙

The bowl is a 'throwback' to the dawn of my pottery days.

What's popping in your garden?

#gardening
A blue spotted bowl I made early on as a potter with peas and grapefruit cherry tomatoes.
August 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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We lost our beautiful lady this Spring and I think of her a lot. Each day I touch her urn and give it a little kiss.

I know we could give another rescue dog a good home but I think it's still too soon.

She's still such a big part of my heart.
A fawn/white Pitbull, close up on the face and her big beautiful smile.
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I don't have a raspberry beret, but the bees have been hard at work, and we have another bumper crop of raspberries that will last us the entire year!

#gardening #fruit #bloomscrolling
A metal bowl full of raspberries. You can see some lavender and other vegetation in the background.
July 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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As I am but a humble servant to bees, each year I add a garden bed (or three).
This is one of the beds I started last year.

#bloomscrolling #gardening
A garden bed in front of a green house that includes red bee balm, shasta daisies, tiger lily, black hollyhock and yellow coreopsis.
July 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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This was a raspberry vanilla ice cream I made. Air fryers are great! We use ours to make wings and they come out great!
July 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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It's very hard to see what is happening in the world so I've been digging into gardening and connecting with nature.

From my heart, please find peace and beauty where you can.

I'll be back soon regularly posting art and nature. Wishing you all find some joy today on your path.
A path into a garden framed by a wooden arbor and greenery.
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Bursting with potential. Just like you!

#bloomscrolling #flowers
A close up of a shasta daisy flower that is about to bloom. There is a small insect on it.
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The clematis blooms,
reminding us

being

is enough.

#bloomscrolling #flowers
Up close of a violet clematis
June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I always struggle to find a balance between valuing my work and keeping it accessible to people. That is why from time to time I offer some of my successful smaller test vases for purchase. I really believe art is for everyone.

#art #pottery
3 raku vases, each with varied and striking raku glazing. On the left, a metallic blue with red, in center a turquoise vase with crackles. on the right a blue vase with flourishes of reds, yellows and purples
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Look what my partner made for me 😍

#bloomscrolling #flowers #flowersonfriday
A tall pink vase with a collection of flowers in reds, and purples
June 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Excited and grateful that 'Axion' is off to it's home today!

I'm working on some more pieces for this series and will have some new work to show soon!

In the meantime you can still view the pieces from this series on my website. 'Penumbra' is still looking for a home.
An image that shows three sculptures from a series of sculptures called 'Liminal Dreams'. 'Axion' (far left) is a turquoise sphere nested in the middle of three rings on a stand. 'Entanglement' is two rings inside another ring on a stand. 'Penumbra' is a ring on a stand with a partial ring in the top right corner with an additional ring that passes through it. A photo of 'Axion', as described in the previous image. A stand alone photo of the sculpture 'Penumbra', as described in the three panel image.
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Right now the world is really messy.

Has anyone brought you flowers lately? 🌷

If not, here’s one for you. 🥰

Have a beautiful day!

#bloomscrolling #gardening
Closeup of an "Amethyst in Snow" Cornflower. Purple in centre with white petals.
June 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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A Tail of Two Kitties

It was the best of cats,
It was the ra-kutist of cats.

Feline fashionista, dressed to steal the scene,
The other born of flame with a cosmic gleam.

Ringing in Pride with sparkle and flair,
Two fabulous cats with love to spare? 🤷

#caturday #pride #cats #lgbtq 🌈
A grey cat in a pink wig, looking fabulous and kind of angry A raku-fired ceramic cat with highly reflective eyes. The photo is a close-up of the face.
June 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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A love letter to lilacs written in earth.

#bloomscrolling #flowers #art
A close up of two lilac flowers each in different shades of purple. You can see some leaves and sky in the background. A lilac coloured urn with a pointy top in various shades of purple. A close up of the lilac covered urn.
June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM