Using clay as a record of time and touch, I aim to make objects that invoke investigation of landscapes and place; how they grow and decay over time. Forms are made slowly with consideration to volume and breath, often blooming out from the table. The kiln is then used as a means of compressing time to weather these forms, reflecting the alchemical nature shared between ceramic materials and the ever-changing landscape. By firing and cooling in reduction, it forces iron from within the clay to gather on the exterior surface, as if pulling blood from a stone. This creates a variety of surfaces on the work from quiet and rustic to bright flashes of iron. These objects tell their story with the information left on the surface throughout the processes of making and firing; growing and decaying.