First
Fires.
Handmade stoneware, St Albans · the first firing, 1 September
Thrown in summer. Fired in autumn. Set out while ripe — and gone when the month turns.
Hærfestmonaþ
the old word for harvest-month, when the first fires are lit
Lythe · drop nº 01 · autumn
A single firing.
Each season Lythe sets out one firing and no more — numbered, sealed, and named for the old month it belongs to. Autumn is Hærfestmonaþ, the harvest-month. When it turns to Winterfylleþ, First Fires is gone and the next is set out. Nothing is remade.
Four firings, named the old way
No two the same.
Thrown, trimmed and glazed by hand, then fired once. The rim sits a little differently in each; the glaze settles where it wants to. Nothing is repeated exactly, because a pair of hands can't.
First Fires opens 1 September.
A single firing — each piece sealed with the LYÐE mark and numbered. It opens in Hærfestmonaþ and is gone when the month turns.