Naked Raku Firing
It’s been a cold winter for Atlanta. I know it’s been much worse for people further north but we aren’t used to temperatures in the teens here. Call me a whimp but I don’t like to raku fire in the freezing cold. I did it when I was the studio assistant for Linda and Charlie Riggs at Penland, and I was happy to do it but at home I can wait for warmer weather...usually. Right now I am getting ready to go back to Penland for an 8 week concentration and getting prepared to have pots at Fired Works in Macon, GA in April. Add to that list a lid for an urn for someone’s kitty that needed to be remade and I had to fire.
This weekend seemed to have the most promising temperatures and a little break between rain drops so I got everything set up and fired away.
This firing was strictly iron fumed and horse hair raku. These are my two favorite styles of naked raku so I was pretty excited to do this firing. It would have been nice if the sun was out but you don’t need nice weather to raku fire, as long as it’s not raining or snowing.
I love how the colors from the fumed pots are mirrored on the foil.
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This weekend seemed to have the most promising temperatures and a little break between rain drops so I got everything set up and fired away.
This firing was strictly iron fumed and horse hair raku. These are my two favorite styles of naked raku so I was pretty excited to do this firing. It would have been nice if the sun was out but you don’t need nice weather to raku fire, as long as it’s not raining or snowing.
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| Applying Horse Hair to a Jar Lid |
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| Fumed Pottery Box |
Check out the gallery page - Future Relics Gallery by Lori Buff
One of my best ever rake firings was in the snow, I was all prepared to fire the day before, woke up to snow coming down, and just went with it. I enjoyed that day so much. Not naked though :)
ReplyDeleteHi Tracey, I’ve had a lot of fun doing raku in the snow in the past but the horse hair pieces are exposed to the elements for so long I hate to risk them. As it is I lost one lamp.
Deletelooking good, what is iron fumed?
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, it’s a type of saguaro firing with an iron solution.
Deletelooks tremendous! and I blogged you and shamefully nabbed your recipe copy and paste :) http://garysthirdpotteryblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/homegrown.html
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it Gary, thanks for the link back.
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