Sometimes I have trouble keeping my eye on the prize. With at least four different clay bodies, all maturing at different temperatures and glazes from 1000c to 1350+, things soon get a little overwhelming...So today I decided to try and keep it simple with a solo raku firing.
After work in the morning, I stirred up some glazes from earlier in the year and applied them to some raw pots I made over the last couple of weeks and spent a sunny afternoon doing what I enjoy most - glazing, stacking, firing, and unpacking, all in the same day.
But before I start rambling, here are some photos of the day's happenings:
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| Raku stack ready to go with cone 06 in position. |
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| The all important items and essential firing charts. |
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| The fickle Dunedin weather goes something like this-Monday hot and sunny about 32 deg.C with a coastline like the Mediterranean (minus the people). Good for surfing. By Friday, snow to sea level - an unexpected surprise in the late spring, even though they said it was coming. |
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| After a short jog along the beach while the pots were cooling off in the reduction bin, and a quick scrub, I was pretty happy with the outcome. |
Man, I could raku all year with these kinda results...But what's that, is that about 150 salt glaze tests ready to fire, oh well here we go again!
Looking very good! Hope to see more raku soon, with results like these!
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