Mark empties kiln

The kiln at Muchelney is a traditional Japanese cilmbing kiln and holds 2000 pots which amounts to two months work

Photographs of Craftsmanship

Mark Melbourne and Nick Rees empty the kiln of freshly fired pots
John Leach in his Muchelney Pottery studio
Mark empties kiln
Ben and Mark view kiln
Ben and Mark continue to feed wood gradually into the three chambered kiln until it reaches a temperature of around 1,300 degrees centigrade
John Leach's son Ben feeds the kiln with wood as Mark Melbourne checks the temperature
John Leach carefully sets aside a freshly made pot at his Muchelney studio
John Leach sits at the potter's wheel in his studio which is a 16th century converted building
John Leach works in his studio at Muchelney Pottery on the Somerset Levels
Two shoemakers at work
The last maker
The shoemaker at work
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Nick Fleming and sadhu at dawn on the ghats at Varanasi (<a target="_blank" href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
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Visit to Shaeedi Bhag, Anandpur Sahib (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
Resting at Gaumukh, source of the Ganges (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
In the mountains near Kedarnath (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
Photographing as Nihangs leave the mela ground at the end of Hola Mohalla in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
Gurdwara under construction at Shaeedi Bhag, Anandpur Sahib (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
Taking a breather on the Armanath Yatra, Kashmir (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
First light by the Ganges in Varanasi (<a target="_blank" href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)
Photographing on the bathing ghats at Hardwar during the Kumbh Mela (<a href="http://dalbirsindia.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Photo by Dalbir Singh</a>)