Here is a sweet, gentle, and quiet kitsune fox spirit in a beautiful mountain home. It's a little shrine, a little place of refuge: a safe, cosy cave for a little fox to protect it from the chaos of our world. We need such a place, and this little shrine to peace and wilderness can help us to remember that. The mountain shrine is 8.3cm tall, and the fox is 3.2cm tall.
The fox, the mountain cave shrine, and the bowl are made of stoneware, glazed in grey for the fox, and glazed in a beautiful blue-green, lead-free copper glaze for the mountain shrine and bowl. They're raku fired for the magical effects of fire and smoke. Please note that the copper on this piece will tarnish over time but can be gently polished with a copper-cleaning cloth. It may also change or fade, especially if the piece is exposed to direct sunlight. One sculptor calls copper glazes "living glazes", because they age along with the piece. It won't make the piece any less beautiful, it will just make it different! (While some artists choose to varnish their copper pieces with a polymer (plastic) protective layer, I avoid this due to its environmental impact.)
Kitsune are the fox-messengers of the Shinto kami Inari Okami: the deity of rice, sake, agriculture, fertility, tea, and prosperity, among other things. Kitsune foxes guard Inari shrines and carry his/her messages to us.
Through my work, I hope to bring a little nature, peace, gentleness, and spirit to the world. I make all of my pieces entirely by hand with natural materials.
(I am happy to combine postage on all items. Please either message me before you order and I can create a custom listing, or just order and I'll refund any excess postage fees. Thank you.)