Palimpsest pit firing

Saturday night we fired the pit

with the Palimpsest sculpture in it.

There were a few other bits in there also

I think we may have put too much timber

in and around the big sculpture.

The fire burnt quite hot before we covered it up.

It smoked it's way through the night.
We feasted on home grown lamb and vegetables

MS, experiented with cooking in clay.
We had a few camp ovens as well.
Amy made soda bread which we cooked in a camp oven
All of this was accompanied by acoustic  music.
It was a fun night.

 We agreed to meet in the morning to reveal our pots
But the fire pit was still way too hot,
So we all decided to wait till the next morning.


Finally it was cool enough to uncover.
There was still some smoke and embers
But we could wait no longer.
I had my long tongs.

Amy remebered to document all her experiments.
I think we will all benefit from this.

Some pots had been fired to stoneware 

 and found their way into the pit.

It is early morning in the billabong

The light is already becoming harsh for photography

I made some oil lamps, ran out of time

for the decoration I had planned

But I think there will be more pit firings really soon

We had to use Sasha's cardigan to create enough shadow here

for this photo. I had expected more black.....

I think the reds will glow a bit with some wax polish.

 I will polish a few of these before I take some close ups.

Once it is polished and put in the gallery
on the black cloth that it was made on I am sure
It will look good.
This exercise has inspired the club members to make and fire more.

It is all about recreating the accident,
or manipulating the good bits.
We are set for a smokey future I think.