火 (Fire) grew out of my lifelong study of Mandarin, and more recently, Japanese. Many Chinese characters began as pictures, and 火, the character for fire, still resembles flames rising upward. The same character carries into Japanese kanji, where it also names Tuesday, 火曜日. In this wheel-thrown bowl, I wanted to translate the character from a written symbol back into something physical. I let copper red glaze break across the interior so the bowl would read as fire without spelling it out. This piece is part of a larger series of bowls based on the days of the week and the elements, where I explore how two languages I learned separately can meet in one object.