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Wheel thrown ceramic pot, raku fired with copper glaze by Dancing Dolphin Pottery

Wheel thrown ceramic pot, raku fired with copper glaze by Dancing Dolphin Pottery

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This raku pot was thrown by me on my potter's wheel and raku fired. It's glazed with a COPPER glaze which really looks like an old penny! While it was "leather hard" I added slip trail decorations around the rim.

I love the rustic, ancient artifact look of the glaze and firing method. To me it looks like it was just dug up in Greece!

Raku pottery is not functional, but decorative. 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: 5 inches or 12 cm tall
pot opening: 4 inches or 10 cm wide
Diameter of top rim: 5.25 inches or about 13 cm wide.
Base: 2.75 inches or about 7 cm wide.

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

Added on Aug 02, 2009