Raku Fired Ceramics
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2 cone pots, raku fired, ht 16cm & 20cm, 2006
2 twisted pots, raku fired, ht 38cm & 42cm, 2006
3 spiralling pots, raku fired, ht 42cm, 2005
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'Granite' |
'Smoke on the hill' lidded jar, raku fired, 47cm h, 2004 |
'Twisted Stem' bottle, raku fired, 38cm h, 2004 |
Texture detail
Raku Firing
Raku firing is fast with an element of the unpredictable in it. The weather plays a large part in the progress of the firing and the subsequent reduction/smoking. The pots are bisque fired to 1050°C in an electric kiln and glaze fired in a homemade gas kiln to about 1000°C.
At this temperature the pots are removed from the kiln and placed in a metal dustbin with mixtures of sawdust, seaweed, peat and paper. With the lid on this produces a reducing atmosphere that alters the glaze and surface of the pots.
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| Kiln lid open | Lifting out a pot | Hot pot into sawdust |