Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Erin Bright. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Erin thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on isn’t a single product or launch. It’s becoming the person and the structure that can actually hold Alchemy and Art as a whole.

Because this business was never meant to be one thing. It’s astrology, candle making, ceramics, writing, ritual, and education. It’s layered, and it asks people to engage with it more deeply than just buying something. Early on, I didn’t fully trust that. I tried to simplify myself or collaborate in ways that made me more digestible.

What changed me wasn’t one moment. It was a series of experiences that made it impossible to keep working that way.
Through collaboration, I learned discernment. I partnered without fully vetting collaborator for shared alignment and was sometimes treated more like a resource than a creator. That made it clear that alignment determines whether the work holds its integrity or gets diluted.

Through my ceramic practice, I learned resilience. I’ve lost product, wasted materials, and had to return to the studio to remake days of work from scratch. It stripped away any illusion of control and taught me to keep showing up.

And through how I was spending my time, I learned authorship. I was taking on too much custom work, shaping myself around other people’s visions. A lot of that was driven by fear and scarcity. Worries I would not have a paycheck, of letting go of something predictable even if it wasn’t aligned.

Because being fully myself in my work does feel like a risk. It asks people to meet something layered and not easily simplified. It doesn’t always fit into what sells quickly. And that’s ok…its even marked in my own birth chart as a lesson I am here to learn.

Stepping back from custom work created the space to focus on original pieces that actually reflect the brand.
Now, the project is the vessel. Building a business that can hold multiple disciplines without diluting them, and creating work that asks people to dig a little deeper.

It’s meaningful because it required loss, boundaries, and rebuilding. And it’s ongoing. Every candle, every chart, every piece of writing is part of staying aligned with the work instead of negotiating with my ego.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your background and context?

I’m Erin Bright, the founder of Alchemy and Art. I’m an astrologer, candle maker, ceramicist, and writer creating work at the intersection of ritual, self-knowledge, and creative practice.

I didn’t arrive here through a single path. My work developed over time through art, lived experience, and a need to understand what I was moving through. Astrology gave me a framework for timing and patterns. Ceramics and candle making grounded that into something physical. Writing became the bridge that helps you actually work with what you’re experiencing instead of just observing it.

I offer astrology readings, forecasts, and written work alongside hand-dipped candles and ceramic pieces designed for ritual use. These aren’t decorative objects. They’re tools meant to support real moments of change, whether you’re calling in something new, releasing something old, or navigating a transition.

My most important projects are my annual astrology journal and day planner, along with my candle magic subscriptions. Together, they bring everything I do into one place: forecasting, timing, reflection, and ritual. The journal is designed to be used throughout your year as a way to track your life alongside the astrology, while the candle subscription arrives monthly to support your rituals. Both help you build a relationship with your own patterns instead of feeling disconnected from them.

The problem I’m solving isn’t a lack of information. There are plenty of astrologers and candle makers. What I’m creating is a vessel that connects it all.

What many of us are missing is a way to work our authenticity into our lives in real time. We lack language for what we’re feeling, structure for what we’re building, and practices that help us stay present without forcing control or checking out. We need to develop a buffer between what’s happening and how we react. A place to return to the work of being ourselves consistently.

I know my work is unique because I don’t use astrology to predict outcomes or bypass responsibility. I use it for timing, self-awareness, and decision-making so you can meet what’s unfolding with clarity. The ritual side gives the body something to do with that awareness so it can actually move and be processed.

I’m proud to share a body of work that holds multiple disciplines without diluting them. Work that grows as I grow. I’ve chosen not to simplify it just to make it easier to sell. I’m building something that supports the kind of world I want to live in, work that encourages reflection, deeper thinking, and real conversation.

This work is meant to be used. It’s designed to meet you in a real moment and help you move through it with more awareness and intention.

This isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about understanding yourself, being proud of who you are, and creating what you actually desire.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My work is driven by the belief that creativity isn’t limited to the arts. Creativity is the ability to design and curate how we live, how we respond, and how we move through change.

I’m not interested in the idea that life just happens to us. I think we have more agency than we’ve been taught to believe, even in difficult or uncertain circumstances. Not control over everything, but influence in how we engage with it.

My mission is to help people see that more clearly and give them tools to work with it in real time. To recognize their programmed patterns, understand their timing around life lessons, and make decisions from a place of awareness instead of reaction.

A lot of my work is about creating that space between what’s happening and how you respond. Because that space is where change actually becomes possible.

I’m not trying to convince people that everything is easy. I’m trying to show them that it’s possible to participate in their lives so intentionally that their desires become inevitable.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

One of the biggest things I’ve had to unlearn is what I believed about my own capabilities, my intelligence, and my resilience.

Like a lot of entrepreneurs, I have learning differences that went unsupported. My parents didn’t have the tools to work with a child who didn’t conform to a traditional classroom, which led to a lot of summer school and a second trip to the 7th grade. At the time, it didn’t feel like a mismatch with the system. It felt like the problem. I felt like a failure.

That kind of experience shapes how you see yourself. What you think you’re capable of. What you think is available to you.

As an adult, I’ve had to unpack those differences and take them out of the bucket I had labeled as imperfections. Not to turn them into something overly positive, but to see them more neutrally and honestly. To recognize how much of what we carry as “personal failure” is actually environmental and systematic.

That unlearning has been ongoing. It’s changed how I see myself, how I run my business, and what I believe is possible for my life.

And most importantly, it’s shaped how I see my clients. Most people aren’t lacking capability. They’ve just been placed in systems that didn’t know how to recognize it.

If a desire lives in you, it’s not an accident. You’re not being set up for failure. You’re being asked to become the version of yourself who can hold it.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.alchemyandart.shop
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alchemyandart.shop/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alchemyandart.shop
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlchemyandArt
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/alchemy-and-art-west-chester-township
• Other: substack: https://substack.com/@erinbright

Image Credits

mostly myself. Nichole Bonner for 2 professional pics of me in green dress and jacket