{"id":12229,"date":"2026-01-22T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:21:22","slug":"torus-candlestick-by-polina-krasavina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?p=12229","title":{"rendered":"Torus Candlestick by Polina Krasavina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Milk-fired Torus Candlestick Made to Carry a Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This beautiful, unique milk-fired Torus candlestick is created at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ceramicpk.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Magical Pottery Studio<\/a><\/strong> by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ceramicpk.com\/about-me\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Polina Krasavina<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a well-known Ukrainian pottery artist and respected ceramics teacher, now living and working in Latvia. Wheel-thrown from Spanish clay and finished with traditional Ukrainian milk firing (milking), it has a stunning warm, \u201cliving\u201d tone and a soft, velvety feel\u2014an object that doesn\u2019t just decorate a space, but carries presence, memory, and a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Ukrainian torus-shaped candlestick &#8211; an image of the <strong>Wheel of the Year<\/strong>, the eternal cycle of time, renewal, and return. On the Christmas table it is lit with three candles, symbolizing the <strong>Triune God<\/strong> and the light that comes back into the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the base is the Latvian sign <strong>Jumis<\/strong>, a symbol of duality and fertility\u2014life\u2019s doubled strength. It comes from nature: an ear of grain with two tips, long believed to bring luck. The \u201chorns\u201d on the candlestick echo the bull\u2014master and guardian of the household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one piece, several cultures meet and strengthen each other: a Ukrainian artist shaping a traditional form, a Latvian symbol anchoring it with the meaning of abundance and doubled life force, and Spanish clay bringing its own earthy warmth to the material. The result feels like a small ritual of unity &#8211; heritage and place, craft and belief, home and journey &#8211; joined into a single circle that speaks of renewal, protection, and light returning again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Handmade Ukrainian torus-shaped candlestick in Spanish clay, milk-fired finish\" class=\"wp-image-12237\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina-850x1133.png 850w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Milk_fired_Candlestick_Polina-Krasavina.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handcrafted by Polina Krasavina, this milk-fired torus candlestick unites Ukrainian form and Latvian symbolism\u2014warm-toned, velvety to the touch, made for three candles and a table with meaning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[987],"tags":[1216,1215],"class_list":["post-12229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-decors","tag-milk-firing","tag-milking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12229"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12252,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12229\/revisions\/12252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}