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Glazed Raku Pieces
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Below you’ll find a selection of recent custom ceramic work. To view all work available for purchase, please visit the shop.
Below you’ll find a selection of recent custom ceramic work. To view all work available for purchase, please visit the shop.
Feathers is exactly what the name entails. There is no glaze. I heat a thrown and bisque piece to 1100 degrees in my Raku kiln. I remove the piece from the kiln and place it on a heated brick. At this temperature, the clay has expand so that it can accept the carbon from the burning feathers. I arrange the feathers on the hot piece and allow the hair to burn. When the piece cools it traps the carbon, even the smoke that flows up the side can get trapped. I allow the piece to fully cool, wash it and allow to completely dry before sealing it.
Every Raku fired ceramic piece is a beautiful work of art. A must for every ceramics collector.
Raku is not food safe or water tight.
Feathers is exactly what the name entails. There is no glaze. I heat a thrown and bisque piece to 1100 degrees in my Raku kiln. I remove the piece from the kiln and place it on a heated brick. At this temperature, the clay has expand so that it can accept the carbon from the burning feathers. I arrange the feathers on the hot piece and allow the hair to burn. When the piece cools it traps the carbon, even the smoke that flows up the side can get trapped. I allow the piece to fully cool, wash it and allow to completely dry before sealing it.
Every Raku fired ceramic piece is a beautiful work of art. A must for every ceramics collector.
Raku is not food safe or water tight.
12.5 X 6.5 inches
“Naked” Raku has no glaze. I throw the piece and bisque fire it. I slather the pot with a slip resist type of mud, which is designed to eventually fall off the pot. I place the piece into the kiln and raise the temperature to approximately 1800 degrees, remove it from the kiln and put it into a metal trash can with combustibles. As soon as the paper starts to burn, I close up the can and let the smoke enter the clay through the cracks and any place that isn’t covered by the slip resist. Within minutes I will remove the piece from the can and splash water on the piece, which causes the resist to “fly” off the clay. I wash the piece to remove any residual slip, allow it to fully dry, and seal it to keep finger prints off the finished piece of art.
Every Raku fired ceramic piece is a beautiful work of art. A must for every ceramics collector.
Raku is not food safe or water tight.
7.75 X 7 inches
Copper Matte
My copper based glazes have copper carbonate as the primary colorant. I glaze a wheel thrown and bisque piece in my Raku kiln. I raise the temperature to approximately 1800 degrees. Once heated, I remove the piece from the kiln and place it in a metal trashcan filled with combustibles. The flames bring out the copper color. Within seconds the glaze will react with the air and start to change colors from copper to magenta and blues through yellows and greens. I close the can and allow it to cool and then wash off any residual ash. The artwork is complete.
Every Raku fired ceramic piece is a beautiful work of art. A must have for any ceramics collector.
Raku is not water tight nor food safe.
8.75 X 4.5 inches