UCA Craft Residency 2025-2026
You & I are, Earth
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September 2026
The first half of September consisted of glazing all of the rocks and plant pots. The small rocks were glazed all over to be placed on shells during the firing.
The big rock was illustrated with an underglaze pen and decorated with glaze.
Anagama Woodfiring
All of the work laid out before the firing. 10 potters/ceramicists participated in this firing.
My big rock ended up in the fire box! This meant that wood would be thrown over it and maybe on to it during the firing - risky business. But a lot of ash would build up on the piece, with the potential to create gorgeous effects.
Me helping to load the kiln.
It took us two days to load the kiln. You can see a few of my small rocks in this photograph if you look closely.
View from one of the side stoke holes.
Me ready to fire with my PPE. The kiln would eventually hit 1300°C and we would be right on top of the flame, slinging wood in, thereof all the gear.
The kiln being lit at 2 am on the third day.
I was on shift between 2-6 am and 2-6 pm. At night we saw the harvest moon.
Little charred hearts formed on the chimney as we fired.
The kiln site in the morning.
The firing ended up lasting 62 hours, which is when we reached our target temperature.
One week later we cracked the kiln open and unloaded all of our pieces.
A few om my small plant pots.
First glance at my small rocks.
October 2026
Once home there was still a lot to do. I had to process all of the fired pieces: remove all the shells from the rocks, fix any broken pieces, sand down scruffy bottoms and document everything.
At the same time two of my big rocks were installed and shown in the Foyer Gallery together with staff and AiRs from UCA in a show called Dialogue: Making Visible.
These two years as Craft Artist-in-Residence at UCA produced a lot of new work. I am in the middle of creating pages for each project with more details and finalised photographs, which eventually can be viewed here:
The Serpentine Rock. Supported by Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse and The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust Annual Award.
The Antimatter Rocks. Supported by Estrid Ericssons stiftelse.
To all it ever was, to all that came to be, to You & Me. Supported by Estrid Ericssons stiftelse.
I want to say a final thank you to the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, all the staff who've helped me, students and fellow AiRs.
What a time I've had.
Thank you!
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