I have obsessively recorded the view from my studio over the last few months, wondering how I could possibly convey in clay what filled my heart with such joy. I’m kind of past the worry of not doing a good job, and just flowing with the joy of creating…stuff.
I wanted the randomness of naked fire on to the work; I found what I made too pretty, too fey. Smoke firing glazed work will often add extra life and depth to the glazes.
So I recently loaded a few tests into my trusty dustbin, filled it with sawdust, dry grass and leaves and lit up.
I just love this bit.
It got rid of the prettiness, all right. Again, a few tiles cracked, but I think I made them too thin.
I’m going to roll with this. I’m out of sawdust at the moment but soon, very soon, there will be another bonfire at Dudley Road studios, Hastings!
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