Welcome to this week’s Battle Of The Vases!
It’s vase-to-vase combat like you have never seen before!
How it works: We share two vases and YOU vote which is your favourite! The winner will then move on to the next round to face another competitor!
Last week’s “Pillar of Atlas” did not make it through the last round, but a new competitor has appeared to now take on last week’s 2-week in a row winner: “Phoenix Reborn!”
Read on to hear their stories and don’t forget to vote for your favourite!
Who will this week’s winner be?
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Evangeline tells the tale of a great Acadian love story that is a part of the local culture here in my home of Nova Scotia.
‘Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie’ is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In this poem he
follows her search for long lost love Gabriel, with whom she was betrothed.
Evangeline and Gabriel were separated by ‘The Great Upheavel’, also known as the Acadian Expulsion. During this dark chapter of English –
French relations in Canada, over eleven thousand Acadians were deported by the British.
Separated by the Acadian Expulsion, Evangeline and her betrothed would only be reunited in their old age when Gabriel, who was already very sick, would perish in her arms.
This work of fiction has become immortalized here in Nova Scotia, where you can follow the stunning landscape of the Evangeline Trail and explore the ancestral home of the Acadians! Nova Scotia invites you to
visit and explore our vibrant culture and landscape.
Maybe you will find your own ‘Gabriel’.
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This raku vase’s name was chosen by Mandy Lewis-Houston during our July 2019 Edition of ‘Name that Vase’, who explains it as follows:
I would call it “Phoenix Reborn” for several reasons. First is a little on the nose since it’s Raku and forged in flame. The second is because, if I read your blog properly, this is the first work you have finished since your sad loss. Lastly because July has been stupid hot for almost everyone everywhere so this could be a lovely harbinger of cooler times since it’s out of the flames and hopefully so are we all.
Thank you so much Mandy for your touching suggestion. I am really drawn to this name and feel like she has captured the essence of this piece on many levels. You can check out Mandy’s artistic works on her website here.
You may read more about my recent experiences that caused me to choose this particular name here – “Working Through Grief.”.
Their fate is now in your hands!
Who will be your victor? Please scroll up to add your Vote!
We will share the winner (and new competitor) next Thursday!
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That’s a toss beciase the Pillars can be used as a vase where the second can only hold a bud. Now if we talk about the glaze!!!! I love the second one.
It was a very close race with these two! Thanks for your contribution to helping resolve the battle!
Oh dear! Can’t choose. I like the colours of the first and the shape of the second!
That definitely makes for a tricky selection! This was the tightest race we have had so far!
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They both look great!
Thank you!
Evangeline!
Phoenux Reborn, no doubt about that
I’m staying with Phoenix Reborn.
Phoenix Reborn. Loving the colors :}
Thank you! So glad you like it!
Oooo, Evangeline is giving Phoenix a good challenge! I’m going to sit this one out. 😅