REV-125

Caitlyn Williams 

Marnin Studio

Title: Pit Fire Ceramics

Clay: 13 x 17 x 17 cm

The ceramics were created not just on Country, but with Country, reflecting the strong connection between land, fire and making. Natural materials were used in a pit-fired ceramics workshop led by Tanya Lee. In the week before Marnin Studio went camping, women gathered in the studio to shape ceramic vessels. These raw, unglazed pieces travelled with us to camp, where they were transformed through an on-Country firing process. We gathered grasses for spindling, prepared the fire pits, wrapped the ceramics, and placed them carefully inside. As the fire burned slowly, smoke, ash, and minerals from the natural materials interacted with the clay, leaving unique patterns, colours and markings on each piece. With no glazes applied, the surface designs emerged entirely from this process, fire and Country working together.