{"id":17357,"date":"2026-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/?p=17357"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:11:40","slug":"dark-chemical-companions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/2026\/04\/dark-chemical-companions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chemical Companions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-design-sketch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-design-sketch.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-design-sketch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-design-sketch-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 38%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Over the last few years we\u2019ve created a number of companion pendant sets. The novelty and romantic charge of the dual concept gives it a distinctive appeal. This design is based on a painting I made in the nineties, <em>The Dark Chemical Wedding<\/em>. At one point we translated the image directly into pewter as a pendant. It did very well for a time, but was discontinued in recent years, leaving an obvious gap for this companion version to emerge. The magnetic loins do carry a certain level of juvenile humour, but they also tie neatly into the mystic, alchemical narrative behind the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male and female, darkness and light and all irreconcilable opposites conjoin in the ultimate alchemical union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-wedding-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17361 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-wedding-art.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-wedding-art-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Related Products&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/pendants\/2165-dark-chemical-companions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dark-chemical-companions-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/individual-coasters\/1716-chemical-wedding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chemical-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chemical-wedding.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chemical-wedding-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chemical-wedding-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chemical-wedding-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alchemy-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17381,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17357\/revisions\/17381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}