The Salt Covenant from Centered Ceramics

You might recognize these incredible, hand crafted salt covenants from a feature we did on the main blog. As we mentioned Centered Ceramics has created these Raku Salt Eggs to use as an alternative to the sand ceremony or unity candle.

During ancient times, agreements and promises were sealed by a salt covenant. Each person would take a pinch of salt from their pouch and drop it in the other's pouch. The agreement could not be broken unless an individual could retrieve their own grains of salt from the other persons pouch. But that is obviously impossible!

Centered Ceramics specially made this Raku-fired salt egg to enable a salt covenant to be made between two spouses as a celebration of their commitment. In order to perform this ceremony both spouses take one bag of salt and combine the the two bags inside the egg. This symbolizes the creation of a bond that cannot be broken.

You can then keep it in your kitchen to be used as your salt cellar and as a daily reminder of your love.

The package includes:

1 Raku Salt Egg with names of bride, groom and their wedding date
1 informational card about Salt Covenants (printed on recycled press sheets)
1 spoon (purchased from local shops, cut and ground down)
2 bags of labeled salt (Husband and Wife) made from recycled table cloths
1 Informational card about Raku (printed on recycled press sheets)
1 Fabric Gift Bag Made from recycled table cloths

The salt covenant is Raku-fired using leaves which are collected each fall. Each one is hand thrown, glazed and Raku fired. There are no two identical pieces of Raku pottery! Raku glazes are always different, sometimes the eggs have large crackling, sometimes small, sometimes both, and the smoke from the process can color each egg slightly and leave unique patterns. Eggs range in size and shape, the bottom ranges from three to four inches, and the height range is from four to six inches.

PRICE: $60