#raku firing

[eyenaku]

THE PUPPET MASK

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.

I think it might have turned out the best of the whole series; exactly what I imagine The Puppet's mask would look like in real life. I'm very very happy with the result!

[mickeymakesjunk]

Raku!! This is some silly raku work me and my partner did over the summer with our pottery studio. Raku firing was a really crazy and fun experience but I'm a little too scared of fire to do it more than once a year lol

[hertist-art]

Ceramic Sculptures 2023

(Displayed at CCACA 2023 Davis)

Life Carries On: Crystallized.

Life Carries On: Stagnant Water.

Minotaur (Pouty Moo BOI).

[artsfartsprivacc]

RAKU FIRING BITCHESSSSSS

[mimiminimal]

Inger Rokkjaer, vase, / Hans Vagnsö, dish, glazed raku-fired stoneware.   x

[somewhere-i-swear-i-have-a-heart]

Someday, when I die, I hope those I leave behind know me well enough not to leave my ashes in an urn, but to brandish the outside with them. I would never want to just be dust, but instead become art made from the essence of my life.

[corbeauxceramics]

Well that’s not what I wanted. It looks like only the side of it hit temp. Thanks #microwavekiln. I’m going to #reglaze the white stripes with Cotton Tail Mayco S&C and try again. Right now she looks haunted 😆

[yioh]

also i hated how raku blushes at literally everyone and is kinda into all the girls like ehhhhhhhhhhh and in general i hate harems why do all these cute girls have to be in love with one guy who is nice and cute ig but he’s not all that 😭😭😭

[eyenaku]

GASTER MASK

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

[confuzledartist]

My little clay pencil-case monster

A slab-built and Raku-fired clay piece, based on how school and homework can become overwhelming. The figure is a pencil case. It has: sharp teeth, a "zipper pull" on the figure's right-hand side, and a tongue with markings saying "late, failure, and past due".

The object is surrounded by pencils, placed to look like the pencil case spewed out the pencils. The wall behind the figure is white, with checklists and worksheets taped to the walls.

Click on an earlier post to see images of the firing process

Click on an earlier post to see what the clay piece looks like, not in a scenery

Click on an earlier post to see the in-progress pics for the sculpture

[russellmoreton]

DSC_9610 by Russell Moreton

[sleepnoises]

We did a raku firing for the last session of glaze chem class and this fellow behaved so well and did not explode at all!!!

[pansylair]

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. 💛 :)

[melthehoneybee]

Happy Spyro Community Day everyone!

For the day I decided to draw the Legend Elders as Reingited Elders! Each represents a different homeworld. Ignitus is an Artisan who specializes in Raku fired pottery. Cyrill is an ice mage who lives in the high peaks of Magic Crafters. Terrador is a fierce general who lives in Peace Keepers. Volteer is a Beast Maker who became obsessed with the electric tech the Gnorcs left behind. Finally the Chronicler is a Dreamweaver who specializes in manipulating time and dreams in order to help guide heroes.

[ageae]

From my first Raku firing today 23/07/2023

Decorative purposes only, this one will be put on show but I’ll make another version for tableware and sell them.

Crackle crackle

[tumbler-polls]

Hi there! I hope I'm doing this right with the poll idea submission. Here is my idea: Of the following, which is a visual art form you currently most want to learn? -A type of PAINTING (Watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil, etc) -A type of FIBER ARTS (Crochet, sewing, embroidery, basketry, felting, etc) -A type of PRINT MAKING (woodcut, intaglio, etching, linocut, etc) -A type of DRAWING (architectural, photorealism, illustration, anamorphic, Zentangle, etc) -A type of CERAMIC/pottery-making (wheel throwing, hand building, raku, soda firing, etc) -A type of PHOTOGRAPHY (black & white, astrophotography, landscape, portrait, macro, etc) -A type of DIGITAL ART (pixel, photobashing, fractal, animation, vector, etc) -Another type of CRAFT/ARTISTRY (glass making, metal working, paper making, tie-dye, jewelry making, leather working, origami, etc) -The art form I want to learn does not fall into these categories -I don't create visual art / Show results