I recently posted about diving back into clay. At that point I had not glazed or fired any of my pieces. I can now share a few photos of finished vessels that have been Raku fired, using the kiln in the photo below:
These are the results of the first two firings:
And just to be practical, I'm starting to make a series of small bowls for my cats' food and water:
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The "reading girl" on my fireplace mantel is Raku. The glaze looked amazing under the special, bright spotlights at the expo. from which I bought her. At home she's still pretty, but about half her splendor is invisible in my hum-drum lighting.
Jack said; keep active--keep bright keep clever tonight! keep goofy--keep wise don't let anyone take you by surprise! keep your humor in tune to everyone in the room! keep caring--keep kind--such friends should not be hard to find! posted May 02, 2011
2 comments:
The "reading girl" on my fireplace mantel is Raku. The glaze looked amazing under the special, bright spotlights at the expo. from which I bought her. At home she's still pretty, but about half her splendor is invisible in my hum-drum lighting.
Raku can produce beautiful results.
Jack said; keep active--keep bright
keep clever tonight!
keep goofy--keep wise
don't let anyone take you by surprise!
keep your humor in tune to everyone in the room!
keep caring--keep kind--such friends
should not be hard to find!
posted May 02, 2011
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