Raku Firing

While studying ceramics at loughborough I started making my work in Raku as a way to finish my work. It was exciting, direct and I could manage the process myself.

I still use this way of making and I find it an exciting method of working.  Each piece is hand built using coils, colours are added when the pieces are raw and then each piece is bisque fired .  After this they are Glazed and Raku fired.

Each piece is hand built using coils, colours are added when the pieces are raw and then each piece is bisque fired After this they are Glazed and Raku fired. The glaze is one Ive developed over the years to give a lovely crackle finish.

The glaze is one I've developed over the years to give a lovely crackle finish. The Kiln is a 20 cubic foot Top hat kiln which I constructed to my own design. A custom made steel drum, lined with ceramic fibre , with pulley and weight system to lift the top hat from the fire box. Fired with Stedmark gas burners.