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Wheel thrown raku vase - Matte bulbous vase with slip trailing at base by Dancing Dolphin Pottery

Wheel thrown raku vase - Matte bulbous vase with slip trailing at base by Dancing Dolphin Pottery

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This vase was thrown by me on my potter's wheel and raku fired at Bear's Mill in Greenville, Ohio with the Bear's Mill Potters (see www.BearsMill.com). Raku pottery is not functional, but decorative. I added a slip trail design along the base of the pot while it was leather hard (before the bisque fire) to give it some extra texture and flourish.

If you aren't familiar with the Raku firing process, it is much more labor intensive that standard kiln firing. This is why you'll notice that raku and wood fired pots are usually more expensive. For raku, we throw the pots, let them dry, then bisque fire them in the kiln. Then, we mix up special raku glazes, glaze the pots...the videos will take over from here! It's very hot and you end up breathing smokey glaze chemicals--yuck! The firing can take all day long. But, potters love this challenge and the thrill of having your pot emerge from the metal trash cans with flashes of color on them!

Here's a basic video that I found that will give you an idea of the raku firing process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5gpu5ynCxg&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=raku+firing&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=pmOjScfLCoqhtwek99nSBA&sa=X

(Note: if link doesn't work, there are many other raku videos on YouTube!)

Height: 8 inches or 20 cm tall
Vase opening: 3 inches or 7.5 cm wide
Base: 3.5 inches or about 9 cm wide.

Please note: These matte raku pots are very hard to photograph!! I lighted them while photographing them and when sizing them in "Photoshop" I tried to get them as accurate as possible to the real life colors. However, they are a bit darker in person than the screen images.

I ship worldwide. If you are interested, please "convo" me and I'll get a quote for you. Thanks for looking!

Added on Aug 09, 2009