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ClayWorks Raku Firing
Below is gallery of pictures from the 2017 Raku Firing at ClayWorks.......same clay.......all different. We have held a couple of Raku firings and the most recent has been the most successful. This years was a great weekend of sunshine and lots of heat.
In this style of glazing a biscuit fired pot is glaze in a low melting point glaze with ingredients which will show to their best if they are fired in a reduction atmosphere.
This is a quick fire using a gas kiln and the pots are then put into combustible material and the starved of oxygen. Doing this encourages metal oxides to come to the surface as the fire tries to find oxygen anywhere it can......
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 |  Inside of the bowl after glazing |  Copper body after firing |
|---|---|---|
 Reday to fire |  Filling the kiln whilst still hot |  watching for the glaze to soften and smooth |
 Using tongs to lift pots out |  Reduction just before the lids are put on |  Hay bursts into flames as the hot pot is put in |
 Taking a bottle out of the reduction vessel |  Bottles cooling a while before being put into water for cleaning |  Helen cleaning after a bit of cooling |
 Two bottles after firing |  Scrubbing the firing deposits from the kiln |  Claudia is very happy with her work |
 Detail of the inside of a bowl |  Thin footed bowl after firing |  White crackle shown up by the reduction process |
 Good reduction and a hard dry glaze in contrast |  A ginger jar and lid with great reduction colours |  Mixed glazes in the bottom of a bowl |
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