Raku Firing 

Thank you! This short vid is fantastic for showing friends the type of pottery I used to do. And it's tricky and unusual methods.

This is stunning!

Always such nice videos , I thinking of making a small raku kiln lol , for small things like incense burners. I loved your video on buying a kiln , mandatory watching for anyone on that path to buy a kiln.

Love this pottery.

that is spectacular. Im going to have to try this out now. Never thrown a pot in my life, No better time to start, eh?

A very elegant and efficient set up. Well done and thanks for putting this up. If I understand from the comments below, you are firing to 1800F, then immediately removing the kiln lid and placing the pottery piece in wood chips of walnut and newspaper for several minutes uncovered (?) then covering for 10-15 min. for the reduction. Then uncovering and dunking in water. Is this generally accurate? Do you burp the reduction can to allow oxygen back in the can at any point after it is first covered, or just leave it covered for the 10-15 min? Have you tried olive wood? How many coats of the glaze did you use for the piece in this video if you recall? Bisqued to Cone 6 before glazing? Your piece came out so mirror-like. Did you coat with terra sigillata then burnish before bisquing? Thanks again. Very inspirational and a good, fast overview of the process. I subscribed based on this video.

So beautiful 🤩

Hey! That looks amazing! Great job! I am so hyped because I realized I have bought the same glaze among others from spectrum and expecting them to arrive soon. Any tips? Temps and firing schedule etc? I have only done two firings and used my regular low firing glazes. I had some interesting results but nothing like THAT ❤! Thanks in advance and all the best wishes from Crete, Greece.

Just stunning!!!

Beautiful work... and I have question. Does (could) this surface conduct electricity? I'm using a ceramic sculpture as a touchable interface for an immersive VR poem. Will likely use Nichrome wire, but this outcome kinda matches the textures on my 3D characters...

A question about your firing: I know you need to reduce the glazes after they come out of the kiln, but is the fire itself oxidizing or reducing? Does that make a difference to the colour?

I looked at some of your beautiful work on Etsy, and I noticed you didn’t have any yarn bowls. Obviously, you don’t need my help, but you’re welcome is gorgeous and I know nearly everyone in my knitting group has splurged on knitting balls nearly the same price as your pieces, but not half so lovely. I feel ceramic yarn bowls to be sure the openings are very smooth to avoid damaging the yarn. I Gravitate toward the ones that curve inward at the top, so the yarn doesn’t hop out if I tug forcefully.

Are you using commercial Raku glazes or mixing your own? How about a recipe?😊

I love this and am looking into building my own raku kiln at home. How long do you keep the pots in the reduction environment before water bathing them? Thanks in advance!

is the copper color actual copper that is released from the glaze? trying to understand the chemistry.

🎉 wow

What sort of glaze where you using? Nice finish

Done simple , looks light weight.

Beauuutiful

Are you doing this in a parking lot?

Why didn't that crack going from the fire to the water?

TOP!

सर व्हाट इज दिस वाइट मैटेरियल please tell me this white material

Must be a thousand of "look at me" "look at me" look at me" Raku firing videos on RU-vid. Very few Raku videos actually show more than lighting up and dropping something hot in a can of newspaper. How about some Raku videos with 30+ minutes of glaze creation and application with a 5 minute "me too" firing at the end?

Good firing but without audio = poor video