MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

C Cammo Member San Diego Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 2041	C Cammo Posted posted on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 8:32 PM "Raku ware is glazed, put into the kiln until the glaze fuses then pulled out and placed in a closed container full of organic material (grass, paper, leaves, etc) Raku is characterized by cracks in the glaze that absorb the black carbon from the burning organic matter. Since the fire is snuffed out by closing the lid, the resultant reduction atmosphere (no oxygen) sometimes causes a metallic or iridescent sheen to the glaze. -M.D.M." Gad, did you eat an encyclopedia? So Mr. Smarty-Book-Learnin'-College-Boy, why is yer stuff all cracked up?! Just kidding. Actually, it's way more interesting when experiments don't work, then you know you're doing interesting stuff. By the way, the technical term for all this is "Trial By Fire".

"Raku ware is glazed, put into the kiln until the glaze fuses then pulled out and placed in a closed container full of organic material (grass, paper, leaves, etc) Raku is characterized by cracks in the glaze that absorb the black carbon from the burning organic matter. Since the fire is snuffed out by closing the lid, the resultant reduction atmosphere (no oxygen) sometimes causes a metallic or iridescent sheen to the glaze. -M.D.M."

Gad, did you eat an encyclopedia?

So Mr. Smarty-Book-Learnin'-College-Boy, why is yer stuff all cracked up?!

Just kidding. Actually, it's way more interesting when experiments don't work, then you know you're doing interesting stuff. By the way, the technical term for all this is "Trial By Fire".

Post #461532 by Cammo on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 8:32 PM