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claypigeonpottery · 5 days ago
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been thinking about the two raku workshops I took, years ago, and I found some pictures of the kiln site and some of the firings (though nothing of mine)
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it was out on an acreage, not far from the city, on concrete tiles in a field
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the pieces were put in the hot kilns with metal tongs, and once they were hot enough they were removed. if we were using a horsehair or feather technique, the pieces sat on top of the kilns to help keep their temperature up while we applied the hair/feathers. I still lost two pieces to thermal shock, the temperature change is intense
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here’s the horsehair technique, really cool. these ones were made by the workshop’s teacher
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otherwise we used metal garbage cans and pots to put the hot pieces in, surrounded by paper. once the paper caught fire, we’d close the lid to cut off the oxygen, and toss a damp towel over top to be sure. cutting off the oxygen is part of what gives raku pottery its colours
and then once things had cooled down slightly, we’d dig pottery out of burnt paper
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it was terrifying to work with hot kilns and fire (though I’m generally a bit of an anxious creature) but not so terrifying that I didn’t take the workshop again a second time
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here are a couple of the raku pieces I made
those metallic colours!!
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fuck-kirk · 3 months ago
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YALLLL I got the job I applied for as a pottery operator! I’ll be helping run a community ceramics studio and teaching classes!! And the place is SO CUTE! It has a book shop, a donated art supplies shop, AND a botanical garden! It’s so so so cute and I’m so excited
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smolartdork · 3 months ago
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I forgot to mention this last time but my stand does in fact work! So I’m very happy that I’m able to display my piece how I originally wanted. And ofc for the even better news…
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We Raku fired our pieces yesterday and I’m so happy with how mine turned out! I had so much fun omg it was great. I got to turn the kiln on and take my piece out with tongs and it was a very exciting yet nerve racking experience. I believe if there is time at the end I will be able to Raku my chanchito. I will be taking better pics of my main piece on Monday but enjoy these pics for now!
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realwizardshit · 3 months ago
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I love when a clothings has little random speckles in it and I love when a pottery has little random speckles in it. they're just very satisfying
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pansylair · 9 months ago
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i'm just starting out with ceramics and i've been encountering a weird amount of pressure to spend on high-fire clay and kiln rentals - it's maybe a classism thing? anyway, i've been a fan of your work for years and recently noticed your INCREDIBLE allosaurus is fired to cone 6. i'm sure as i get more confident/knowledgeable i won't worry about pressure from others, but at my level it's really encouraging to see that great work doesn't automatically require high firing. you're very open and welcoming, i hope to be a little like you someday.
i guess some people take a high firing like. cone 8 porcelain or vapour glazing etc. as a step up in your career? obviously a poor line of thought when theres such wonderful work in lower cones or terracotta or backyard raku and pit firings. basically all my ceramic work is cone 5.5-6 stoneware since that’s the cone my guild works with (and i also don’t want to fork over $$ for a kiln rental to fire at a diff cone) and i keep on missing when someone puts together a raku firing haha.
seems those people forget how fortunate one is to have access to a studio/afford materials and firings and should instead be open and consider making the medium and environment more accessible- classism is definitely something to be discussed more and have those barriers taken down in this field/other arts.
overall do what makes you happy as you learn and let curiosity instead of pressure lead to experimentation and good work will follow.
best of luck with your work and thanks so much for the kind words! it’s very appreciated. 💛 :)
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eyenaku · 1 year ago
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GASTER MASK
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Handbuilt earthenware, raku fired and decorated with hand painted glaze accents.
This mask is a part of a (loosely connected) mask series, all hand-built and fired using a range of different temperatures and techniques.
This mask was made with @little-sw33tie in mind - hi towoni :3 !!
Gaster mask!! Younger Naku going bonkers over having made this in my head!!
Firing this was a disaster. The glaze didn't get hot enough, so it didn't get glossy. Initially, I added details with horse hair, but I decided to put it back in the kiln so they got burnt off. There was water in it though, so it cracked a bunch, which would be terrible IF it wasn't Gaster!! It turned out so cool!! I'm so happy!!!
I put some in progress pics under the cut! Even a gif of the horse hair being applied - note how matte it is right out of the first firing
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ot3 · 1 year ago
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theres this guy on season 2 of pottery throwdown who is a hobbyist potter and career model and does all of his pottery in his grandmas garden where he built a raku kiln and sometimes he brushes his grandma's pony to use the horsehair for raku. unreal.
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jbbartram-illu · 1 year ago
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in an effort to fill your inbox with real people: have you done any raku firing? the highlight of my high school ceramics class was the day we got to bury our various mugs and jars and vases in a heap of burning mulch and wait to see how the glaze reacted
OMG I so so so want to try raku!! My mom and I did a raku workshop when I was a kid & I've wanted to do it again ever since. The urge to try it also intensifies every year when I'm watching The Great Pottery Throwdown & they get to raku week (at which time I start wondering how hard it is to source the funky little gas-powered kilns they use & whether such a firing method is appropriate for a city backyard...)
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I keep meaning to look for local workshops, but so far the closest I've seen is in a city 3hrs away & would require me to drive there & back multiple times :(
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ageae · 6 months ago
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What cone do you fire your work at?? And do you make your own glazes? The stamps look good!! Do you have any specific potters with work you enjoy a lot?
All my food-safe ceramics are fired in an electric kiln at cone 5! I also do Raku.
I don't make my own glazes yet, but I do want to in the future. I want to get a glaze certification at some point :>
ADORE Ichikawa Toru, Nicolette Johnson, Hoshino Satoru
Thank you!1!
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claypigeonpottery · 2 months ago
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The differences in kiln god rituals are very interesting. My pottery professor in college had my friend and I make kiln gods for the new kilns he got on their first firing, and they just belonged to the kilns and didn't receive any type of glazing at all. Just fired the once and hung out to watch over the kilns after both they and the kilns survived first firing.
as far as I can tell, it’s more typical that kiln gods are left unglazed and stay attached to one particular kiln.
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the reason I glaze and finish mine is because there’s very little space in the kiln room at the studio I go to, and we’re not allowed to leave things in there. so I put kiln gods in the kiln with my pieces, to keep an eye on things.
I know at least one other potter at my studio keeps her (unglazed) kiln god on her shelf. it’s a little gnome creature. but she used to keep it in the kiln room at the old studio.
I was taught about sculpting kiln gods during a raku class, the instructor encouraged us to make them. before that, my instructors had only mentioned kiln gods in a “hopefully the kiln gods will be kind” way—they hadn’t talked about the possibility of sculpting them ourselves.
because the raku kiln lives out in a field, we were told to take our kiln gods home afterwards, that they’d done their jobs and they could retire. that idea really stuck with me, I guess. I like them getting to retire.
I’m including some pictures of kiln gods enjoying their retirement 😁
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mackthecheese · 2 years ago
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Mwahaha i have QUESTIONS
First of all, what's the best seating arrangement? On a couch, at a table, in bed, in a shallow hole in the park?
What's your go-to outfit if you're just doodling? Mine is high-waisted pants and something tucked in
What's your favorite wh ship?
Which jack stauber song/video creeps you out the most (Lima bean man)
Would you rather be able to only drink water, or no plain water ever again?
What do you think the worst job is?
If you're about to get up and an animal rests its head on your foot, are you legally obligated to stay there until they are ready to leave?
What's your favorite medium?
By myself? In MY SPOT on the couch. With friends? In a vaguely menacing circle or half circle. The council has decided death to be far too merciful a punishment. TO THE BABY SHARK WITH FART REVERB CHAMBER YOU GO.
Confused by the question. If you’re asking what I, myself, am wearing while doodling, probably pajamas tbh. If you’re asking what sort of outfit I like to draw characters in, usually just their canon outfit tbh. But I’m an absolute sucker for RIDICULOUS and FABULOUS blazers and coats for my original characters. ✨✨✨
Good ol’ canon FranklyDear. They’re just so cute together!!
I wouldn’t say any of them really creepy me out, so I’ll just share my two favorites, which are The Pumpkin Song (mention of a cat + mecore fr) and Hamantha (she’s just impossible to ignore).
No plain water ever again. If I’m really craving WATER, I’ll just drink water with a liiiittle bit of lemon juice or smthn in it to make it *technically* not “just plain water”.
The worst job? For me, personally, definitely a hooker. I’m asexual- I think that speaks for itself. I also just don’t really like touching people in general yk?
I pet that critter until it’s so happy it starts headbutting my hand. I’m gonna pick it up and carry it with me to wherever I need to go. (Unless it’s outside, in which case I will make that critter the BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE little spot to snuggle EVER and I will cuddle them when I return from The Outside.)
Clay! I’m mostly a sculpture artist and clay is super great to work with because of how easy it is to shape. I’m a bit pickey with my clay though- I don’t really like air dry clays or baking clays because of how weirdly rubbery they are. You can’t make slip (equal parts clay and water-basically clay glue) with them and if you’re building a Thing in pieces, it is an absolute NIGHTMARE to try to attach them securely. Low-fire cone 05-06 white clay and mid-high-fire cone 5-6 speckled buff clay bodies are my favorites to work with because of how soft they are- they make really good slip and it’s easy to build in pieces because they attach super easily with just a little bit of scoring, slipping, and pulling. I can get a ton of detail in firing clays that air dry and baking clays just won’t allow. I also generally prefer the look of glaze to paints on my art. I like creating utilitarian items from clay too, so I need glazed stoneware to make them food safe. Like this cool sgraffito plate I made last year!
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There’s also a ton of amazing decorating techniques that are possible with firing clays, but not air dry or baking clays. One of my favorites is definitely raku, which is where you fire a piece to bisque, then apply raku glaze (special glaze) and fire that. BUT here’s the important part that makes it raku- you have to fire it at an insanely high temperature (750°C) VERY QUICKLY and take it out of the kiln while it’s red-hot. Then you stick it straight into a metal container of some sort with flammable material in the bottom (shredded newspaper, dried leaves, etc.) and let it catch fire. Then you put the lid on the metal container and let it burn until it runs out of air. Now you can either let it sit in there for a while to cool or you can remove it to let it cool- it doesn’t particularly matter. Firing with this method makes the most INSANE glaze patterns and it’s also so gorgeous omg- Here have some examples:
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It’s really pretty and super fun to do because it’s not often that you get to set your art on fire and have it turn gay. I’ve done exactly one raku firing and it was one of the absolute best things I’ve ever done. SO fun.
Anyway that was quite the ceramics rant there… 👀
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tezumi · 2 years ago
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The jet black colour of kuro raku chawan is formed the the bowl is removed from the kiln while still red hot and quickly cools 🍵 . . . . #matcharitual #matchamoment #matchamadness #matchalife #matchamornings #matchalover #matchatime #matchalovers #teaceremony #matchaaddict #matcha #matchatea #matchaholic #sadou #matchagreentea #rakuteabowl #teabowl #rakuyaki #chanoyu #raku #thewayoftea #濃茶 #茶の湯 #抹茶 #茶道 #茶碗 #楽焼 #楽茶碗 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/Rd4k8Gc
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lichen-soup-scribe · 1 year ago
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I Raku-fired my aspen vase last night and it turned out pretty great -- the crackle glaze crackled beautifully. (I may touch up the "eyes" with a little black paint for better contrast.) I also got two mugs back from the regular kiln: this cute 6-ounce round fella and the first of my organic/textured mugs! I love the contrast between the shiny Woo Blue glaze and the matte stains. Next time I'll go for more color contrast, I think, but this muted scheme does remind me of an autumn forest floor. Unfortunately, I had a bit of pinholing with the glaze I used inside, but it's still food and dishwasher safe!
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bigboxcar · 1 year ago
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Mugshot Monday - "Little Tall Mug" by Clarice Allgood of Mostly Good Pots with Ethiopia Single Origin Light Roast by Peace Coffee
My friend Adam (@px10_pottery) and I had a fabulous time at the annual Minnesota Pottery Festival in Hutchinson, MN.
We saw a ton of amazing pottery and had great conversations with so many incredible potters.
One of those amazing people was Clarice Allgood.
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I first met Clarice when I was walking through the resident artist area at Northern Clay Center and saw a small cart in the hallway overflowing with some gorgeous pottery.
Clarice said, "Hi!" and I asked if the cart was hers. She had just unloaded the kiln and was heading back to her studio space. I told her the mugs with that white slip on the black clay-body were just incredible.
It's been about 3 years since then and now I'm stoked that I finally have one of her mugs!
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The texture is amazing on this cup. And I love how when the sun hits the mug's lip just right, you can see some bright blue cobalt peeking through. 😍
It was great chatting with Clarice about her work. The whole day was awesome--there were Raku firing demos and a "Pottery Olympics" to watch. What a great event.
See also my 700+ photos from the Mugshot Monday project here: www.MugshotMonday.com – Every Mug Has A Story
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eyenaku · 1 year ago
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CLOWN CAT MASK
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Handbuilt earthenware, raku fired and decorated with hand painted slip and underglaze accents. Shoe-polish distressed ribbon added post-fire.
This mask is a part of a (loosely connected) mask series, all hand-built and fired using a range of different temperatures and techniques.
The idea for this mask came from @enigmaticcattic !! (ty eni :3).
We were having problems getting the raku kiln to temperature during the firing this was a part of. As such, the glaze didnt get quite hot enough on the one ear before I put it in wood chips, so it ended up with neat black patches. Looks like it's from an abandoned theme park, which I tried to lean into with the tattered ribbons.
I put it in the stages of firing below the cut! It was much dirtier than the other masks I fired before I washed it somehow.
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riskart · 2 years ago
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RAKU!
I had the opportunity to bust out the raku kiln and fire some small pieces, mostly pendants. I thought it’d be fun to share some of the process along with the results:
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This is my set up, homemade kiln, small propane tank with a burner and a little metal trash can as a reduction chamber.
Nice little sneak peak inside.
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After it’s fired it goes into the can with combustible materials, I use mostly shredded paper/cardboard.
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Then it gets a good scrub to get all the scmutz off.
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