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Pots being laid in a fire pit ready for firing in Manakau. The pit is lined with coarse sawdust, with the pots laid on top. Copper sulphate, salt and other experimental ingredients are sprinkled around, on the sawdust, not touching the pots. Then a fire is built over the top: crumpled newspaper, small twigs and kindling, then larger pieces of wood, right up to ground level (about 650mm from the bottom of the pit).