craft an embossed metal votive offering in a historically pagan style, grounded in mythic and iconographic precedents.
Pagan Easter Craft:
Dawn Goddess Votive Plaque
In this workshop you will be led in crafting an embossed metal votive plaque addressed to a dawn goddess, with diverse iconographic and aesthetic precedents to inspire your own unique creation.
Join us March 30, 2024 @ 10 AM - 12 pm Pacific time
Recording available until end of April
The English name for Easter comes from the Old English dawn goddess Ēostre, for whom Anglo-Saxons held feasts in the month of April, Ēosturmōnaþ (Easter-month).
Ēostre’s name shares a root with several other well-attested Indo-European dawn goddesses, including Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, and Lithuanian Aušrinė.
Her association with the month of April was possibly due to the springtime’s similarity to the dawn as a period of increasing light and warmth.
Welcome the dawn of the solar year with reverence !
$40 CAD
*approx $30 USD
Workshop live on zoom
march 30th, 2024
10 AM - 12 PM Pacific
What's included
An overview of the main features of a several Indo-European dawn goddesses, including historical iconography and literary, mythic, and folkloric precedents.
Selected visual examples of embossed metal votive plaques from various contexts and cultures, especially the cross-cultural atmosphere of Roman Britain.
A meditation to focus your intention and open ritual space for creation.
Guidance in crafting your own votive plaque from simple materials.
Notes & Considerations
BYO materials
Craft materials are not provided for this workshop. You will need to source metal foil, a ballpoint pen or embossing pen, and a pair of not-so-precious scissors. Some suggestions for places to source metal foil provided after purchase.
perfection not required
The votive examples on this page are historical or professionally produced, with specialized tools and ample time. Our votive plaques will not be exact reproductions of these objects. They will be unique to us and our moment, and that is what will make them shine!
other crafts welcome
You are also welcome to join us and make a votive offering for a deity in an another medium – eg. drawing, sculpture, embroidery, though the craft instructions given in the second half will be for embossing metal.
leading this workshop…
I'm Danica Boyce, a medievalist and folklore researcher with a Masters in Medieval Studies and a Bachelor of Education with a focus on indigenous pedagogy. I take a de-colonial approach to the revival of traditional cultures.
For the past seven years I have been producing Fair Folk Podcast, a research-based show sharing accessible information about paganism, folklore and folk song.
I am a practising pagan with a scholarly yet experimental approach to historical materials, and an open mind to multiple ways of seeing the world.
join us this easter to tend your loving relationship to the divinity alive in the start of each day