standing Puffin - Small Ceramic Raku Fired Sculpture

LISTING FOR A SINGLE PUFFIN Ceramic raku fired small standing puffin with colour slip decoration Size: 7cm High These pictures are general pictures of each item, the crazing will differ with each animal due to the unique nature of Raku. Raku is a rapid firing technique, adapted from an ancient Japanese firing. A small group of approx 15 pieces are placed in a small gas fired kiln & fired up to around 1,000o c, each piece is then individually taken out of the kiln red hot & placed in a bin of sawdust & wood shavings which instantly combust, the actual finish is then down to careful timing, longer in the air will give bigger heavier crazing, covering quickly leaves areas with no crazing but the crazing itself is very random & this gives each piece its own character, all work is then completely covered in the sawdust & left overnight to cool before being cleaned. RAKU IS NOT FROST PROOF SO NOT SUITABLE FOR KEEPING OUTDOORS standing Puffin - Small Ceramic Raku Fired Sculpture