Raku Firing BYOB Bring your own Bisque

Raku Workshop: Inspired by traditional Japanese raku firing, this Western-style raku involves removing pottery from a kiln while at bright red heat and placing it into containers with combustible materials. Once the materials ignite, the containers are closed. This produces an intense reduction atmosphere which affects the colors in glazes and clay bodies and produces brilliant metallic blues, purples, coppers, reds, and yellows.

Participants will have the opportunity to use our raku glaze and fire up to 12 items. Options and pricing are available when registering. If you don't have any bisque work of your own but you still want to participate... No worries, We have a few options for walk-ins such as pre-made vessels, dragonflies, and Darth Vador sculptures. See prices when registering. On the day of the event, participants will choose to glaze their work with one of our four specialized Raku Glazes or bring some Horsehair feathers or other materials for naked work. Our Kiln is capable of firing works up to 16" tall and 12 inches wide.

Note: Raku ware is not food-safe. Due to the volatile nature of the Raku firing process, we can not guarantee the safety of your work as cracking and breaking from thermal expansion and contraction can occur. Thicker work made with gorged clay may produce better results less cracking. Bmix is not a suitable clay body.

Participants must register and prepay online.