DESCRIPTION

I hand build all of my pieces with low fire raku clay - cone 06. After the pieces are bisque fired, I glaze them with raku glazes - cone 06 - then I put them in a raku kiln outside - a 55 gallon drum - & fire them to approx. 1800 degrees. I pull them out at this temperature and put each one in a trash can full of newspaper. The lid is then put on tight and the waiting begins - 30 minutes. Off goes the lid and you hope for lots of great colors. Life's a mystery - you never know what you are going to get! The places on the piece that are black is where there is no glaze and the smoke turns the clay black.

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