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Being made

RAD 021 is being made.

Morning Bowl · Sahar Mirzaei

From a lump of raw clay to a work that lives. Here you can follow this piece taking shape, step by step.

Hands shaping a raw clay bowl on a potter's wheel

How this work is being made

  1. The idea arrived

    Done

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

  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. Drying

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

    It's here now4 days since it began.

  4. First kilnComing

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

  5. GlazeComing

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

  6. Last kilnComing

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

  7. Ready to leaveComing

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

Workshop notes

  • Today

    Now it has to wait. Four days have passed since it began.