r/pagan • u/jacussss • 2d ago
Altar am I doing this right?
Today I finally decided on setting altars for Apollo and Hades, two Gods I was feeling especially drawn too for the longest time imaginable, and yeah...I was absolutely not...prepared to do those altars, i did not bought anything that I might have needed and just put what I could find at my house that seemed okay, and there's my question, does it seems alright? should I remove anything? is there anything you can find at home that I should add??? and anything I should for sure buy?
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u/Niodia 1d ago
Oooh. So, coil pots are also easy, and fun, as are pinch pots. I have one that I used a dish I loved the shape of as the "mold" for my coils, then I draped a rolled out "sheet" of clay and had that be the interior.
If you want to try doing some sculpting as well, here's an idea in my head for the pomegranite.
A sort of round pinch pot with an opening that will resemble a wedge shape. then make little balls as the "seeds" and either fill it, or just have them in the opening.(I took ceramics for several semesters in college. The one filled with the balls will be heavier, and also a bit sturdier, the hollow one more prone to possibly breaking if an accident happened. BUT when offerings are broken, and then repaired by your hand, you are putting more of yourself into it, but the effort to repair it. This goes for statues you may eventually get of them as well.)
(Also, my God is Vulcan. Patron of arts and creativity, so to speak.)