Invited to create a soundscape – and directed by the artist’s strong vision for the exhibition, artworks, and installation – I began by recording in each of their studio spaces.

The soundscape for the 100 Chawan exhibition is composed of six parts, each representing the elements identified by Linda Chambers and Collyn Gawned as significant to their project.

These raw recordings of the ‘making’ process, combined with sound from my own library and shaped through many in-depth conversations, formed the basis for a six-part composition. Each section is separated by moments of quiet, offering space and contrast, in keeping with the exhibition’s carefully considered aesthetic.

• Introduction: Chanting, Frogs, water and Night Chitty Chitty
• Linda Making: electric potters wheel recorded in her home studio
• Tea: preparing to make tea, chanting and whisking matcha
• Travels in Japan: Hiroshima peace bell, poring tea and Osaka train station
• Collyn Making: hand making a Chawan recorded in his home studio
• Mediation on flow: Tapping on Chawan, waters of Lake St Clair, Torbay, Hopetoun and Ledge Point with breath