Ceramic artist Duncan Shearer creates earthy, richly coloured pottery. He loves to experiment with new clays, and since moving to Rahu Road he has been using clay from his own land, a rich, wild Coromandel clay. He responds to the different characteristics of the clays, seeking out qualities that he enjoys when throwing pots on the slow-moving treadle wheel. His firing methods, using a wood kiln and spraying a small quantity of soda ash solution in at high temperatures, create variegated flashings and speckled glaze patterns, each one unique. The combination of the clays and the firing process is what gives his functional work such rich surfaces.