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My love, my life, and the beautiful reality I get to experience every single day — Xoxopottery🎈
This isn’t just a business. It’s not just an income stream or a job…It’s part of who I am and hugely embedded in my heart and soul.

My business is my love child🫶🏽

I’ve lived a rather colourful career life over the past 25 years —
From drama student…
To owning a restaurant at 21…
To event and venue planning…
To real estate.
But to be honest, I can’t even remember my life before pottery.
Before happiness all day, every day.
Before XoXo.

Today, my business turns 9 years old, and I couldn’t feel prouder or more fulfilled.
What a beautiful, ever-evolving love story.
My greatest love affair.
A love that touches every fibre of my being.

Part of me is confused by how quickly the years have passed and part of me is overwhelmed by how full they’ve been.
Nine years sounds like a long time…
Yet somehow, it feels like I blinked and they passed right under my nose.

These have been the happiest nine years of my life.

This daily love story- Oh baby, It’s SO real!

But here’s the truth:
It hasn’t always been easy.
There have been moments of panic, despair, loss,
pain and very loud declarations of:
“WHAT THE ACTUAL F$&K?!” is happening.

But the love…
The joy…The fulfillment…The happiness…
It’s insurmountable and untouchable.

I would choose this. Every single time.
In every version of my existence.
Because the love I feel for my craft feeds my soul.
It doesn’t feel like work.
It doesn’t feel like a job.
It feels like purpose.
Like my soul has to explore this path.

Nines years later and I still feel incredibly lucky that I get to call this my life🎈

Three teeny tiny bottles.
R3,200 worth of gold.
And absolutely no regrets…

Some ceramicists have clay. I have clay… and an unhealthy love affair with gold. Give me ALL THE GOLD.

I’ve recently discovered I have a rather ‘glamorous reputation’ in the ceramics world…
Apparently, (I can’t reveal my source, but just between you and me… it’s Fernando, my kiln guy) I’ve been dubbed the
Gold Luster Queen amongst fellow ceramicists. 👑✨

And honestly, I’ll happily accept the crown.

I absolutely LOVE gold luster. My pieces pop in gold,
and I would never deny them the satisfaction of feeling,
and being, a little regal.

Gold luster is sold in teeny tiny 2 gram bottles, at around R1,000 a bottle. Gulp!
Yes… you read that correctly. 😂

It’s applied over the glaze, and then every piece gets a third firing, where the 22 carat gold particles are activated and transformed into that gorgeous, lustrous gold finish.

Tiny bottle.
Big drama.

And apparently, a little bit of royalty in every piece. ✨👑
That, my friends, is called The XoXoPottery Way.

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It’s been a beautiful few days and I’m feeling so grateful. 🤍
I went through about 60kgs of clay this weekend, and finally loaded and fired 3 full kilns. So a bounty awaits…

My hands, elbows and shoulders are a little sore, but my heart is overflowing, and that will always trump any niggling soreness I might feel.
I can’t wait to show you some of my new pieces.
There are some beauties in there.

I read this powerful excerpt yesterday and thought I’d share it:
“The most peaceful people I know and the most wise are the ones who have created enough internal space to be able to allow all the parts of themselves to coexist despite the contradictions.

So they have room for their creativity, and they also have room for their fears. They have room for their dignity,
and they also have room for their shame.

They have room for the parts of themselves that are glorious, divine and wonderful. They have room for the parts of themselves that are petty, jealous and ridiculous.

They create this big huge auditorium of landscape inside themselves. They don’t kick any part out because guess what?
You can’t.”

And I’ve been thinking about that auditorium ever since.
Make sure yours is filled with all the people, things, experiences, desires and memories you love.

The messy bits too.
The glorious bits.
The contradictory bits.

Because perhaps peace isn’t about becoming one perfectly balanced version of ourselves.

Perhaps it’s about making enough room for all of who we are.
Remembering that it’s a balancing act…
And we all learn to balance our own acts as best we can. 🫶🏼

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Rise, sister Rise.
We rise by lifting others. Happy Woman’s Day🌷

It’s vital that we all open up to and accept the magic that exists within us. Don’t hide, don’t dim yourself down, don’t whisper and don’t feel intimidated.

Be proud
Be authentic
Be vibrant
Be humble
Be bold
Be strong
Be graceful
Be kind

To the women labelled bossy - keep leading.
To the women labelled aggressive - keep being assertive.
To the women labelled to much - keep taking up space.
To the women labelled difficult - keep telling your truth.

Find your tribe of strong sisters and invest in the relationships that make you grow, make you rise and help make you shine. Find you tribe of male connections who support, value and understand you.

Let the uniqueness of each soul march to the beat of their drum and dance beneath the moonlight. We’re all deserving.
There’s enough shine for everyone’s face.
It’s the unity of love and respect that shines through those bonds which are priceless.

Celebrate them.

So, Rise, sister Rise.
with love XoXoPottery