Last September I went to Turkey to share and teach firing ceramics in an alternative or “pit firing’ way, with sawdust and organic materials. My journey began in Bursa, where I worked with my friends at the Pandora Ceramic Studio, then in Istanbul, with a group of women, all members of the Sakariyakoy Artists Group. It was very interesting to find that this natural and ancient way of firing ceramics is something that is present in most ancient civilizations, including the ones present in those areas. So we felt like we were reliving the memory of those ways of firing ceramics.