This class will concentrate on pottery forms to fast fire with a Raku kiln. The class will throw on the wheel the first 3 weeks of the class, working on bottles, jugs and vases. The last 3 nights of class we’ll explore fast firing techniques with horse hair, feathers and Obvara. We’ll also fire our ware in traditional Western Raku to produce the white crackles and crazy copper blues and oranges. Principles of firing in the Raku tradition will be covered, as well as the history of Obvara – a Baltic region technique that produces wonderful patterns that can look like animal prints or wood.–Prerequisite: Wheel 1, or fundamental wheel throwing skills.

Taught by Sam