clayguyry
Waukesha, Wisconsin ·
clayguyry
Ryan Peters - ClayGuyRy - Waukesha, WisconsinWaukesha, Wisconsin 194 Sales On Etsy since 2011
Announcement
Welcome to my shop!
I specialize in wheel thrown pottery, specifically alternative firing such as Raku and Saggar. These processes yield truly unique results, each piece never to be replicated.
I have also started to produce stoneware pottery. These pieces are food, microwave, and dishwasher safe. I am really falling in love with function and will continue to translate my design elements over onto the new body of work.
All listings are of the actual piece you will receive. No stock photography is used, other than a few product in use shots.
Although I leave a majority of my work a single copper-tone glaze. I also have developed a style of raku which gives me a small deal of control where I express my personality and the structure of my mind. I use an auto pin stripping tape to mask off area where I like the clay to remain black and then alternate between a white and a copper glaze (produces green when oxidized to a copper penny when reduced), as well as a copper/cobalt glaze (produces a blue to smokey blue color and flashes copper penny when reduced.)
After I decide to apply my tape resist or just leave the vase a single glaze, I then apply the glaze to each piece by hand brushing the glaze, the pot is then placed within the kiln. I fire the kiln to nearly 2000 degrees Fahrenheit in 45-55 minutes where I then remove the top of the kiln and transfer the pots into a garbage can while the glaze is molten hot. The garbage can is filled with combustible materials which are ignited as soon as the red hot pots are placed in the post firing reduction chamber. At this point the atmosphere within the can can be placed in reduction or oxidation, each reacting with the copper a little differently yielding one of a kind results each firing.
In my 7 years of working exclusively with this glazing technique, I have learned to persuade my glaze to go into the copper tones or greens, as well as blue, which allows me to better cater to the customers needs. Whether you are looking for a gift idea or something special for yourself, I believe that you will find my Raku pottery to be exactly what you were looking for.
Announcement
Welcome to my shop!
I specialize in wheel thrown pottery, specifically alternative firing such as Raku and Saggar. These processes yield truly unique results, each piece never to be replicated.
I have also started to produce stoneware pottery. These pieces are food, microwave, and dishwasher safe. I am really falling in love with function and will continue to translate my design elements over onto the new body of work.
All listings are of the actual piece you will receive. No stock photography is used, other than a few product in use shots.
Although I leave a majority of my work a single copper-tone glaze. I also have developed a style of raku which gives me a small deal of control where I express my personality and the structure of my mind. I use an auto pin stripping tape to mask off area where I like the clay to remain black and then alternate between a white and a copper glaze (produces green when oxidized to a copper penny when reduced), as well as a copper/cobalt glaze (produces a blue to smokey blue color and flashes copper penny when reduced.)
After I decide to apply my tape resist or just leave the vase a single glaze, I then apply the glaze to each piece by hand brushing the glaze, the pot is then placed within the kiln. I fire the kiln to nearly 2000 degrees Fahrenheit in 45-55 minutes where I then remove the top of the kiln and transfer the pots into a garbage can while the glaze is molten hot. The garbage can is filled with combustible materials which are ignited as soon as the red hot pots are placed in the post firing reduction chamber. At this point the atmosphere within the can can be placed in reduction or oxidation, each reacting with the copper a little differently yielding one of a kind results each firing.
In my 7 years of working exclusively with this glazing technique, I have learned to persuade my glaze to go into the copper tones or greens, as well as blue, which allows me to better cater to the customers needs. Whether you are looking for a gift idea or something special for yourself, I believe that you will find my Raku pottery to be exactly what you were looking for.
Reviews
Krissfr on Jan 17, 2017
En français : Très joli vase, comme sur la photo, envoyé dans un emballage très soigné. In English : A very nice vase, as on the photo + great care taken in packaging.
mamasten on Jan 9, 2017
Purchased this from my girlfriend and she loved it. Great quality, fast shipping and looked exactly as it did on the website.
About
Wheel Thrown Pottery: Raku, Saggar and Stoneware
I started making pottery in 2003, my freshman year at Waukesha West High School. Its wasnt until my senior year, 2007, that I started to sell my work at a local studio where I volunteered in exchange for wheel time and gallery representation. The following year, 2008, I decided college wasnt for me and decided to open my own studio/gallery instead of returning for my sophmore year at UW-Whitewater. After closing the shop in Waukesha in August 2013, I worked at a studio in Hartland, WI for 6 moths before relocating 90 miles north to Ripon, WI. After leaving Ripon, I took a 6 month break from producing pottery, but I am now back at it, and ironically in the studio where I worked right after high school.
I focus on my Etsy shop as well as stocking several galleries and doing art fairs during the summer months.
Shop members
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Ryan Peters
Owner, Creator
Pottery has always fascinated me, since the first time I challenged myself to turn a chunk of clay into a vessel, which wasn’t very successful. But over the past decade of producing thousands of pieces, I have come to an understanding with the clay.
Shop policies
Life is like a Raku pot, you never know what you are going to get. I think this is why my passion has come to be such a spontaneous process. Not knowing what the outcome should be, there is little room for disappointment and only room for embracing the element of surprise.
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
- Check
Payment
Shipping
Alternative shipping methods are available upon request. If you would like a different method of shipping please contact me and I will give you a quote.
All pottery will be packaged carefully for a safe shipment. If you receive an item that has been damaged, please contact me immediately upon receiving, and send me a photo of the damage. I will work to file the proper claims with USPS and/or will work to create another piece similar to the one damaged.
Refunds and Exchanges
No refunds