MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - 6 ft Concrete Moai Done! - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11103	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 9:20 AM I've been really lucky so far - in almost a year, I haven't lost anything in the kiln (knock on wood :) ) I knew this was risky but they were really just big test tiles. This isn't raku, it's smoke firing. The porous clay absorbs the smoke in swirls and flashes. Different chemicals and/or organic materials (seaweed, banana peels, etc) cause different colored smoke effects. The thing I like about smoke firing is that you can glaze the inside of a mug in the kiln first, then smoke the outside. The inside glaze remains intact and foodsafe.

I've been really lucky so far - in almost a year, I haven't lost anything in the kiln (knock on wood :) ) I knew this was risky but they were really just big test tiles.

This isn't raku, it's smoke firing. The porous clay absorbs the smoke in swirls and flashes. Different chemicals and/or organic materials (seaweed, banana peels, etc) cause different colored smoke effects. The thing I like about smoke firing is that you can glaze the inside of a mug in the kiln first, then smoke the outside. The inside glaze remains intact and foodsafe.

Post #459048 by MadDogMike on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 9:20 AM