Raku

Finally, I had a chance to do Raku!

I've been throwing a lot of bowls and mugs. 

I haven't made vases lately, because vases usually go straight to my closet...

It's fun to throw taller pieces, well, it's challenging as well. 

One of the excitements of Raku is that you can see the result immediately!

You don't have to wait 2days before coming out from a kiln.

Leave in the outside Raku kiln for about couple hours.

You have to be really careful to pull the pieces from the kiln.

(It's extremely hot. Be cautious!)

While the piece is still hot, I melted horse hair on it. 

It smells pretty bad...

I like this interesting effect of hair carbon on the piece.

I will use my hair next time instead of horse hair.

Clay: B-mix