Hooded Acolyte with a Cauldron — Small Halloween Planter

A short, round-shouldered figure in a deep pointed hood, with nothing inside it but two wide dot eyes staring out of the shadow. The robe is tied at the waist with a hanging cord, the sleeves are long and loose, and the hem spreads out into soft folds so it stands steady with no base. In one hand it carries a fat little cauldron — modelled as a genuinely open vessel, so it holds a small succulent, a tea light, sweets or paperclips. Unsettling and endearing at the same time, which is exactly the…

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