The Alchemist 🇨🇦
@alchemistsstudio.bsky.social
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
Kindness matters.
Please join me on my pottery journey ❤️
rakupottery.ca
🏳️🌈 He/him, They/them
Mi’kma’ki/Eastern Canada
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
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
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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
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
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
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
September 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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
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
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
Not too bad for a drought. I am learning how to plant for our warming climate.
#gardening
September 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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
Not too bad for a drought. I am learning how to plant for our warming climate.
#gardening
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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.
I may never be able to wear black again, but it's so worth it!
Our new family member, Oberon aka Obi.
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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.
I may never be able to wear black again, but it's so worth it!
Our new family member, Oberon aka Obi.
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
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
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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
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
Currantly up to this...
Not sure if I will turn these into juice or wine.
#gardening #food #growyourown
Not sure if I will turn these into juice or wine.
#gardening #food #growyourown
August 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Currantly up to this...
Not sure if I will turn these into juice or wine.
#gardening #food #growyourown
Not sure if I will turn these into juice or wine.
#gardening #food #growyourown
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
The bowl is a 'throwback' to the dawn of my pottery days.
What's popping in your garden?
#gardening
August 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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
The bowl is a 'throwback' to the dawn of my pottery days.
What's popping in your garden?
#gardening
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.
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.
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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.
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.
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
#gardening #fruit #bloomscrolling
July 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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
#gardening #fruit #bloomscrolling
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
This is one of the beds I started last year.
#bloomscrolling #gardening
July 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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
This is one of the beds I started last year.
#bloomscrolling #gardening
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
This was a raspberry vanilla ice cream I made. Air fryers are great! We use ours to make wings and they come out great!
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.
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.
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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.
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.
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
June 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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.
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.
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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.
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.
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
Has anyone brought you flowers lately? 🌷
If not, here’s one for you. 🥰
Have a beautiful day!
#bloomscrolling #gardening
June 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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
Has anyone brought you flowers lately? 🌷
If not, here’s one for you. 🥰
Have a beautiful day!
#bloomscrolling #gardening
June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We seem to have our own special murder of crows that have adopted us.
Their leader loves to perch in this tree and they are super fun to watch!
Their leader loves to perch in this tree and they are super fun to watch!
June 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We seem to have our own special murder of crows that have adopted us.
Their leader loves to perch in this tree and they are super fun to watch!
Their leader loves to perch in this tree and they are super fun to watch!