The spring session came to an end with we spending a day at Bobs house doing some Raku glazing followed by Raku firing. It was a long and tiring day.
The process:
- fire the raku pots
- when cold, glaze them
- then fire in a raku furance (kiln) upto a 2000 degree Fahrenhite. Slower the temparture rise the better (if quick the water in the clay/glze evaporates faster subjecting the pot to explode, crack)
- Once fired, moved to another container that has fire and dry leaves - put the red hot pot in this add more dry leaves and close. Keep till smoke subsides. The smoke makes brings the shine to Raku pots.
The pictures:
just glazed
moving red hot object from kiln to smoky container
The end product :)
