RAD 014 is being made.

How this work is being made

1. 1.

   The idea arrived

   Done

   It starts from a feeling and an image. The first sketch takes shape on paper.

   
2. 2.

   The form was found

   Done

   The clay is wedged and the form rises on the wheel. Its size and proportions are settled here.

   
3. 3.

   Drying

   Done

   The piece dries slowly at room temperature until it is ready for its first firing.

   
4. 4.

   First kiln

   Done

   The first firing hardens the body and readies it for glaze.

   Today your RAD went into the kiln for the first time.

   
5. 5.

   Glaze

   Glaze goes on by hand. The final colour stays unknown until after the kiln.

   It's here now11 days since it began.

   Something happened. The glaze on this part did not become what we thought. We kept it.

   
6. 6.

   Last kilnComing

   The second firing turns glaze to glass; things happen here that will not happen again.

   
7. 7.

   Ready to leaveComing

   The work leaves the kiln, receives its number and is ready to go.