This autumn saw a few different projects, one of which was creating tiles for the surface of a thermal mass wood stove. I wanted to make a connection with the trees and the flame, shapes that could fit together and a look of warmth, softness. What I came up with was red clay, polished and pit fired. The colours are orangey to black with lots of soft inbetweens. I fired them on their ends to maximize shadows. The tiles were waxed to protect them before installation and also after to give a dull sheen. When I walk by the house in the evening I can see the glow of the orangey tiles through the window, very pretty with falling snow.
