St Ives Arts Festival – Set 2011
Communal Pit-Firing on Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall
Project Co-ordinator Mary English
Talk given by Mary Kaun English Saturday 24 September 2011 at 3pm
at Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
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Digging the Pit |
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The Sun was Shinning |
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Jo Adding the Seaweed |
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Lighting the Fire at 6pm |
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Covering the fire with metal sheets, to keep the heat in
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The Fire Burns at Sunset |
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The Pit Burns into the Night |
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The Next Morning .....rain |
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Opening the Pit at 12 Noon |
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Taking Count |











