照 Daykiln

一, KILN

二, RULE

一KILN

二RULE

三PLUMB

IUNFOLD

IIWAKE

IIISAME SKY

火事將畢，器不可度，探坯窯眼，以驗生熟，則有火照。蔣祈《陶記》

When the firing is nearly done and the ware cannot be judged, a trial is drawn through the kiln’s eye to tell raw from fired. For this there is the fire’s proof.

Jiang Qi, Notes on Pottery

陽燧面洼，向日照之，光皆聚向內。離鏡一二寸，光聚為一點，大如麻菽，著物則火發。沈括《夢溪筆談》

The face of a burning mirror is hollow. Turned to the sun, it gathers all the light inward. An inch or two from the mirror the light comes to one point, the size of a sesame seed, and what it touches catches fire.

Shen Kuo, Dream Pool Essays

一KILNafter the celadons of the Song
二RULEthe Hall of the Two Sisters, the Alhambra
三PLUMBAntoni Gaudí’s hanging model
IUNFOLDVincenzo Coronelli’s globe, 1688
IIWAKEÉtienne-Jules Marey’s gull, 1887
IIISAME SKYafter James Turrell’s Skyspaces

Set in Source Serif 4, Noto Serif TC and Commit Mono; 照 after Arphic. In progress, 2026.