Description: #A-SW727 This wheel is detailed with nature items: pumpkin, acorns, nest eggs and more. A wonderful plaque to honor life, family, friends, bounty, and to welcome all. Light earth brown. Hand-painted cold-cast resin, measuring approx. 11" x 1" x 11". Payment is due within seven days. If you would like to purchase more than the quantity shown, please contact me. USPS Priority Mail, FedEx, and UPS are available; insurance is included. Shipping may only be combined with other items whose # starts with A, and which are paid for at the same time and delivered to the same address; please wait to pay until I send you your combined invoice to ensure that you have the correct amount. Please double-check your delivery address. If package is returned due to an inaccurate or incomplete address, Buyer is responsible for cost of reshipping.The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of the eight Sabbats (religious festivals) of Neo-Paganism and the Wicca movement which includes four solar festivals (Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox) and four seasonal festivals (celebrating or marking a significant seasonal change). In the ancient Celtic culture, time was seen as cyclical. The seasons changed, people died, but nothing was ever permanently lost because everything returned again – in one way or another – in a repeating natural cycle. Although time in the modern world is usually regarded as linear, the cyclical nature of life continues to be recognized.The modern-day Wheel of the Year was first suggested by the scholar and mythologist Jacob Grimm (1785-1863 AD) in his 1835 AD work “Teutonic Mythology”, and fixed in its present form in the 1950s and early '60s AD by the Wicca movement. The wheel includes the following holy days (most dates are flexible year-to-year): Samhain (October 31)Yule (December 20-25)Imbolc (February 1-2)Ostara (March 20-23)Beltane (April 30-May 1)Litha (June 20-22)Lughnasadh (August 1)Mabon (September 20-23)These eight festivals are designed to draw one's attention to what one has gained and lost in the cyclical turn of the year. As in the ancient Egyptian civilization (and others), the Celts believed that ingratitude was a 'gateway sin' which then led a person into the darkness of bitterness, pride, resentment, and self-pity. By pausing to reflect upon gratitude for what one had been given in a year, as well as what one had lost but still cherished in memory, one maintained balance. "Cold Casting" is a technique using fine metal, stone or wood powder mixed with resin to create objects that duplicate the look and feel of "hot" foundry castings, without the expense and danger of working with molten materials in a foundry. Cold-casting can done using bronze, copper, tin, porcelain, limestone, wood, marble and more. The mold can be back-filled to increase weight to that of a solid stone or metal piece. After burnishing, the object will have the authentic look and feel of true hot metal, stone or wood but be much more affordable. Because the surface is true metal, it will naturally oxidize unless sealed, or it can be artificially oxidized using a variety of patinas to produce a range of artistic effects.Most of the major lines of figurines on the market today (Hamilton, Enesco, etc.) are made of cold-cast resin.
Price: 55.99 USD
Location: Middlefield, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-01-06T22:25:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
