Raku ceramic white pony by Nathalie Hamill
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Raku ceramic white pony by Nathalie Hamill
£55.00
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Handmade
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Dispatches from a small business in
United Kingdom
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Width: 8 centimetres
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Depth: 17 centimetres
Little raku pony white with black mane and tail. The Raku firing makes each piece unique and I am never sure exactly how they are going to come out.
I build each pony by hand with a white clay, which is quite gritty to survive the thermal shocks of the raku firing processes.
I biscuit fire my work first in an electric kiln, then glaze the piece with a transparent glaze for the white parts. I then fire them in the raku kiln till about 1000C, before opening the kiln, the ponies are then put in a steel box with saw dust. Since the box is fairly air tight, the combustion of the saw dust draws oxygen from the clay and produces the black colour in the cracks in the glaze, and on their tail and mane, which is characteristic of Raku.
The Raku firing makes each piece unique and I am never sure exactly how they are going to come out.
495 reviews
5 out of 5 stars
rmkrieger 07 Aug, 2021
Lovely pony with an excellent raku crackle. Bought this as a gift but wouldn't mind keeping it for myself! Beautiful.
Maureen 31 May, 2020
I love Raku and am delighted to add this adorable little pony to my collection. It arrived really swiftly and very safely packaged too. Thank you Nathalie.
Jackie Webb 22 May, 2022
Lovely little chicken, always very pleased with Natalie pottery so beautifully made thank you 😊
drcskny 16 May, 2022
These were the most adorable, creative raku pieces I have ever seen! I ordered a few of them and they look so cute that I ordered several more and now have a village. It it on the console in my living room and everyone who sees them just raves!
