Friday, February 27, 2009

Raku Firing


Safety First!


Then you add a 1888 degree fresh from the kiln sculpture to a trash can full of sawdust and newspaper


Watch out! There will be flames. Some of 'em quite big!


Where there's smoke...there's fire!


The final step, you take the still flaming bit of pottery and dunk it in a bucket of cold water, while the other person quickly puts a lid on the garbage can that is nesting another piece fresh from the kiln.


And this is the final product. There is an "oxidized" look to the items that you don't get from a regular firing. Pretty Hot!

1 comment:

Tracey said...

Didn't this very technique get your hubby onto YouTube? Good to see he didn't try to burn down the art building.