Archive for June, 2010

Earth to Earth – The Sea
June 10th, 2010 by adam
Little had changed the next morning, the last remaining structure barely visible amongst the heap. The sea was sublime. ...
Earth to Earth – A few hours later
June 8th, 2010 by adam
By nine o’clock at night this is all that was left of my Moon Jar. The wind and rain had in a single day reduced the pot to little more than a pile of soggy shards. The foot ring of the Jar was the all that remained. Up there the weather was really wild, standing [...]...
Earth to Earth – Broken
June 7th, 2010 by adam
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Earth to Earth – The first rain
June 7th, 2010 by adam
The anticipation to see what effect the first rain had had on the unfired clay was motivating as I climbed the hill. From afar it was still in its entirety, a sphere against the laden sky. The Jar was wet through on one side, the side that had taken the weather.  Drops of rain had eaten [...]...
Earth to Earth – A Wall Brown
June 5th, 2010 by adam
Just below the summit of Carn Treliwyd is a field of bluebells. Today as I tramped my way through them each step sent flying a myriad of insects, among them Damselflies and a Wall Brown Butterfly. I took a different route to the summit and came across another line of quartz leading directly to the jar, [....
Earth to Earth – Quartz lines
June 5th, 2010 by adam
Nearing the top of Carn Treliwyd I found these lines of quartz. Ancient routes through the rocks that shape our landscape. How we use and experience a landscape is of constant interest to me.  One of the ways that shapes our experiences is the routes we take. paths are like common routes of experience, a w...
Earth to Earth on Carn Treliwyd
June 3rd, 2010 by adam
My second attempt at this project after the previous Jar was taken from the top of Clegyr Boia. A new more remote location this time on top of Carn Treliwyd. I have made a Jar from a blend of local clays, some from the moor below at Waun Llodi. This raw, unfired jar is to be [...]...