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BHANTE CLAY DEVOTIONAL OBJECTS

Bhante bowls

£58 each. Now £52. Approx 8cm H x 14cm W

My hope is that these objects will offer people a special sense of connection with Sangharakshita if he was their Buddhist teacher. Alternatively, they can serve as an aesthetic and subtle memento mori or a reminder of the truth of impermanence for anyone for whom such reflection is key. 

 

At present, I am making symbolic alms bowls and malas. See Bhante Clay Process for more information about how I turned the raw clay dug out of the ground into a workable clay body.

Please contact me if you would like to find out more or place an order.

Bhante bowl with hand carved exterior.
Three Bhante bowls made and sold. #ceram
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Pale green Bhante bowl with hand carved exterior.
Pale earth coloured Bhante bowl with hand carved exterior.

"I love Sassirika's ceramics. Each piece is uniquely beautiful. The shrine bowls made from the clay from Bhante's grave have made very special gifts to some dear friends."

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Satyadasa 

"Sassirika listened with care and receptivity to my vision of the alms-bowl, and knowing her work, I simply trusted whatever would emerge in the meeting between her and the clay. I was moved and delighted when I saw the bowls: one for myself, and one a gift for a friend. They are perfectly crafted - subtle and beautiful in their form, weight, finish, colouring. Each one uniquely marked but in harmony with the other."

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Akasajoti

Green patina Bhante bowl with hand carved exterior.
Green Bhante bowl with stamped exterior.
Grey Bhante bowl with stamped exterior.
Grey/green Bhante bowl with stamped exterior.
Stony grey Bhante bowl.

£62. Approx 8.5cm H x 14cm W

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£38 each. Now £34

Spherical bowl. Approx 7cm H x 9cm W

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£38 each. Now £34

Spherical bowl. Approx 7cm H x 9cm W

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£38 each. Now £34

Spherical bowl. Approx 7cm H x 9cm W

Burgundy Bhante bowl with twist faceted exterior.

£42 each. Now £38

Faceted bowl. Approx 7cm H x 10.5cm W

Toasty coloured Bhante bowl with twist faceted exterior.

£42 each. Now £38

Faceted bowl. Approx 7cm H x 10.5cm W

Malas

£120 for 108 beads, £65 for 54 beads

Red mala (string of prayer beads)
Green mala (Buddhist rosary).
Another mala threaded and ready for disp
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"I am so pleased with the mala beads Sassirika made for me on request. Since receiving them I meditate with them every day. They are very smooth to hold and fill my heart with love as Sassirika made them with earth from our Buddhist teacher's grave."

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Alokavira

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"I first saw this mala ten months ago, I was completely drawn to it by its beauty, and I just loved the colours. Then Sassirika told me that she had made the beads from the earth of my Buddhist teacher's grave and that she had worked the soil to turn it into a clay ready to make these beads and mala.


The knots in between the beads represent the interconnection between all beings and the pendant is Kuan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion.

This mala is so beautifully made, with deep meaning and thoughtful detail. I use it every day and look at it many times a day admiring its beauty and meaning."

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Prajnamala

See Buddhist Jewellery for more Bhante clay objects.

Bhante clay shrine set  

Flat-lay of shrine set showing seven little bowls, an incense bowl, a vase, and a tray.

£220.

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Comprises 11 pieces: vase, incense bowl, incense tray, 8 offering bowls.

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Wheel-thrown and hand-built, decorated, with layered glazes.

Dimensions (approx)

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Vase: 6.5 x 7cm ⌀

Incense bowl: 4.5 x 7cm âŒ€

Incense tray: 2.5 x 13 x 5.5cm

Offering bowls: 3.5 x 6cm ⌀

Flat-lay of red shrine set. Seven little bowls, incense bowl, vase, and tray.

 Bhante clay ikebana bowl

A wide low bowl which can be used as shown here as a bowl for floral displays but would also work well as an incense bowl. 

 

Wheel-thrown with layered glazes.

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£170  10cm H x 25cm W

Low bowl with flower arrangement.
Low bowl with flower arrangement.
Low bowl with flower arrangement.
Low bowl with flower arrangement.
Low bowl with flower arrangement.
Low Bowl with foliage behind.

Bhante clay incense trays

Wheel-thrown and altered. Layered glazes.

£20  Length: 13.5cm  Width: 6cm

Flat-lay of five incense trays.
Five incense trays with foliage behind.
Close-up of incense tray.
Underside of incense tray.
Close-up of incense tray.
Close-up of incense tray.
Flat-lay of incense tray containing sticks of incense.
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