Midway through the Driving Creek Residency we were lucky to be invited by Laurie Steer to perform fur the firing of a kiln… nor specifically for the fire.

The firing started early in the morning, we got asked mid-morning and set up around tea time. We set off into the evening playing three sets that reached crescendo close to midnight.

This video is the final two minutes of playing, set to an almost chronological montage of photo and film.

It was an extraordinary event to participate in. The kiln soared beyond 1000°c. The practice of attending to such a beast seemed almost ritualistic. And joy and uncertainty mingled, apparently nothing is predictable when it comes to this craft process. It is yet unknown what the state and nature of the Pottery looks like, the sarcophagus has yet to be opened.