Raku is a Japanese firing technique that places glowing red pots pulled from the kiln into closed containers filled with combustible materials like sawdust, dried leaves or paper. The resulting smoke causes unglazed areas to blacken and glazed areas to craze and crackle. Soot and ash are scrubbed away revealing metallic colors and textures.

You have little control once your piece is turned over to the fire gods...things happen quickly…they decide the outcome...this may be why Raku is my cherished firing process! …A X E…

November Fire

Offering Bowl …crystals, sand and tea light, herb bundle…completely hand built, red earth, turquoise, crackle lines like the veins of leaves, stands on 3 legs ever so imperfectly…

If you are interested in sand and tea lights, please ask.

SIZE

Bowl approximately 6” diameter ~ 4 3/4” H table to top of bird