Always such nice videos , I thinking of making a small raku kiln lol , for small things like incense burners. I loved your video on buying a kiln , mandatory watching for anyone on that path to buy a kiln.
We’re so glad you enjoy our videos!! We haven’t made a video on purchasing a kiln yet though 😞 but happy to hear you found a video that explained it well!!
Beautiful work... and I have question. Does (could) this surface conduct electricity? I'm using a ceramic sculpture as a touchable interface for an immersive VR poem. Will likely use Nichrome wire, but this outcome kinda matches the textures on my 3D characters...
That is an excellent question, and to be honest, I’m not sure! The glaze definitely has a metallic finish, and does contain some copper elements in its chemistry, but whether that is enough to actually conduct electricity, I have no idea! It would be a very interesting experiment!
@@theclaycollective Thanks for the quick reply, and hmm ... I'll see if I can explore this. I'm a digital artist, so I don't "directly" have resources. I did get a grant, so something needs to happen (lol)
I looked at some of your beautiful work on Etsy, and I noticed you didn’t have any yarn bowls. Obviously, you don’t need my help, but you’re welcome is gorgeous and I know nearly everyone in my knitting group has splurged on knitting balls nearly the same price as your pieces, but not half so lovely. I feel ceramic yarn bowls to be sure the openings are very smooth to avoid damaging the yarn. I Gravitate toward the ones that curve inward at the top, so the yarn doesn’t hop out if I tug forcefully.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the kind words! I’ve made some yarn bowls as custom orders in the past but I really should make some for stock on my Etsy! Maybe I’ll do that this week and hopefully have some to post at the end of the month! They are super fun to make and I can do a video too since I haven’t done a yarn bowl yet! ❤
A very elegant and efficient set up. Well done and thanks for putting this up. If I understand from the comments below, you are firing to 1800F, then immediately removing the kiln lid and placing the pottery piece in wood chips of walnut and newspaper for several minutes uncovered (?) then covering for 10-15 min. for the reduction. Then uncovering and dunking in water. Is this generally accurate? Do you burp the reduction can to allow oxygen back in the can at any point after it is first covered, or just leave it covered for the 10-15 min? Have you tried olive wood? How many coats of the glaze did you use for the piece in this video if you recall? Bisqued to Cone 6 before glazing? Your piece came out so mirror-like. Did you coat with terra sigillata then burnish before bisquing? Thanks again. Very inspirational and a good, fast overview of the process. I subscribed based on this video.
@@kenbrock-studio thank you so much for your kind words! You got everything very accurate with the process! I just leave the pots covered and don’t burp them. I bisque fire them to cone 04 and apply 3 coats of the glaze! I’ve never tried Olive wood but that sounds interesting! The copper affects I get seem to come from the hardwoods I’m using in the reduction!
@@theclaycollective Got it. So no Terra Sigillata & burnish? I've got a ranch in California with a lot of walnut and orange trees. I just ordered the glaze and some clay. Gotta try this. Do you do anything to seal the interior? Thanks again.
@@kenbrock-studio nope! Just the glaze! I also don’t seal the interior. I recommend them for dried flowers, or to get an insert of some kind if they want it to hold water ☺️
Hey! That looks amazing! Great job! I am so hyped because I realized I have bought the same glaze among others from spectrum and expecting them to arrive soon. Any tips? Temps and firing schedule etc? I have only done two firings and used my regular low firing glazes. I had some interesting results but nothing like THAT ❤! Thanks in advance and all the best wishes from Crete, Greece.
Thank you so much!! And that’s so exciting!! Try to get your Raku kiln up to 1000 Celsius, and use hard woods in your reduction like walnut to get the copper colours! Glossy magazine paper helps too but walnut is my favourite 😁
A question about your firing: I know you need to reduce the glazes after they come out of the kiln, but is the fire itself oxidizing or reducing? Does that make a difference to the colour?
How hot you get your pots in the kiln can affect your glaze colours! Too hot or too cold and they get kinda muddy and dull or overly textured and bubbly. The perfect temperature that we’ve found with our kiln is around 1800 Fahrenheit or 1000 Celsius. That seems to be the point that really brings out the colours! For me, hardwoods produce copper effects, and soft woods or paper let the natural glaze colours come through more. This pot came out very copper, but if I had used softwoods, it would have been blue ☺️
I love this and am looking into building my own raku kiln at home. How long do you keep the pots in the reduction environment before water bathing them? Thanks in advance!
Hey there, I'm using a Raku glaze called Starry Night. Here's a link if you wanna check it out...tuckerspotteryeshop.com/index.php/product/870-starry-night/ Thanks for watching and for the kind words! :)
I don’t know the exact answer to this, but there is definitely copper in a lot of Raku glazes! That doesn’t mean you will always get these kind of copper results though. I find it comes down to the materials in your reduction barrel! When I use hard woods like walnut I get lots of copper. When I use soft wood like pine, I get more blues 😊 so it’s a combination of the glaze chemistry and reduction materials that produces different results
@@theclaycollective Thanks for the reply. It's amazing the huge field pottery is and all the tangents one can go on. it's seem unending the possibilities, considering all the variables.
Must be a thousand of "look at me" "look at me" look at me" Raku firing videos on TH-cam. Very few Raku videos actually show more than lighting up and dropping something hot in a can of newspaper. How about some Raku videos with 30+ minutes of glaze creation and application with a 5 minute "me too" firing at the end?
We might do a full length, start to finish raku video in the future, but if it’s that you’re looking for more information or tips, feel free to ask any questions you may have! We’re always happy to reply with more details!
Thank you! This short vid is fantastic for showing friends the type of pottery I used to do. And it's tricky and unusual methods.
I’m so glad you found it useful!! 🥰
Y don’t u do it anymore bro?
My husband died and i became disabled I sold off my studio but even 20 years on, i still miss the art and the selling and the shows.
@anandpatel1074
This is stunning!
Thank you so much!! 🥰
Always such nice videos , I thinking of making a small raku kiln lol , for small things like incense burners. I loved your video on buying a kiln , mandatory watching for anyone on that path to buy a kiln.
We’re so glad you enjoy our videos!! We haven’t made a video on purchasing a kiln yet though 😞 but happy to hear you found a video that explained it well!!
Just stunning!!!
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
Love this pottery.
Thank you so much! 🥰
So beautiful 🤩
Thank you so much!! 🥰
that is spectacular. Im going to have to try this out now. Never thrown a pot in my life, No better time to start, eh?
Thank you so much!! It’s never too late for pottery 🥰🥰
Beautiful work... and I have question. Does (could) this surface conduct electricity? I'm using a ceramic sculpture as a touchable interface for an immersive VR poem. Will likely use Nichrome wire, but this outcome kinda matches the textures on my 3D characters...
That is an excellent question, and to be honest, I’m not sure! The glaze definitely has a metallic finish, and does contain some copper elements in its chemistry, but whether that is enough to actually conduct electricity, I have no idea! It would be a very interesting experiment!
@@theclaycollective Thanks for the quick reply, and hmm ... I'll see if I can explore this. I'm a digital artist, so I don't "directly" have resources. I did get a grant, so something needs to happen (lol)
@@steveguynup5441 haha well best of luck!! I’d be very interested to hear how it all goes!
Done simple , looks light weight.
I looked at some of your beautiful work on Etsy, and I noticed you didn’t have any yarn bowls. Obviously, you don’t need my help, but you’re welcome is gorgeous and I know nearly everyone in my knitting group has splurged on knitting balls nearly the same price as your pieces, but not half so lovely. I feel ceramic yarn bowls to be sure the openings are very smooth to avoid damaging the yarn. I Gravitate toward the ones that curve inward at the top, so the yarn doesn’t hop out if I tug forcefully.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the kind words! I’ve made some yarn bowls as custom orders in the past but I really should make some for stock on my Etsy! Maybe I’ll do that this week and hopefully have some to post at the end of the month! They are super fun to make and I can do a video too since I haven’t done a yarn bowl yet! ❤
A very elegant and efficient set up. Well done and thanks for putting this up. If I understand from the comments below, you are firing to 1800F, then immediately removing the kiln lid and placing the pottery piece in wood chips of walnut and newspaper for several minutes uncovered (?) then covering for 10-15 min. for the reduction. Then uncovering and dunking in water. Is this generally accurate? Do you burp the reduction can to allow oxygen back in the can at any point after it is first covered, or just leave it covered for the 10-15 min? Have you tried olive wood? How many coats of the glaze did you use for the piece in this video if you recall? Bisqued to Cone 6 before glazing? Your piece came out so mirror-like. Did you coat with terra sigillata then burnish before bisquing? Thanks again. Very inspirational and a good, fast overview of the process. I subscribed based on this video.
@@kenbrock-studio thank you so much for your kind words! You got everything very accurate with the process! I just leave the pots covered and don’t burp them. I bisque fire them to cone 04 and apply 3 coats of the glaze! I’ve never tried Olive wood but that sounds interesting! The copper affects I get seem to come from the hardwoods I’m using in the reduction!
@@theclaycollective Got it. So no Terra Sigillata & burnish? I've got a ranch in California with a lot of walnut and orange trees. I just ordered the glaze and some clay. Gotta try this. Do you do anything to seal the interior? Thanks again.
@@kenbrock-studio nope! Just the glaze! I also don’t seal the interior. I recommend them for dried flowers, or to get an insert of some kind if they want it to hold water ☺️
🎉 wow
Thank you!! 🥰
Hey! That looks amazing! Great job! I am so hyped because I realized I have bought the same glaze among others from spectrum and expecting them to arrive soon. Any tips? Temps and firing schedule etc? I have only done two firings and used my regular low firing glazes. I had some interesting results but nothing like THAT ❤! Thanks in advance and all the best wishes from Crete, Greece.
Thank you so much!! And that’s so exciting!! Try to get your Raku kiln up to 1000 Celsius, and use hard woods in your reduction like walnut to get the copper colours! Glossy magazine paper helps too but walnut is my favourite 😁
@@theclaycollective thank you so much for the info!! I really appreciate it. 😊😊
A question about your firing: I know you need to reduce the glazes after they come out of the kiln, but is the fire itself oxidizing or reducing? Does that make a difference to the colour?
How hot you get your pots in the kiln can affect your glaze colours! Too hot or too cold and they get kinda muddy and dull or overly textured and bubbly. The perfect temperature that we’ve found with our kiln is around 1800 Fahrenheit or 1000 Celsius. That seems to be the point that really brings out the colours! For me, hardwoods produce copper effects, and soft woods or paper let the natural glaze colours come through more. This pot came out very copper, but if I had used softwoods, it would have been blue ☺️
I love this and am looking into building my own raku kiln at home. How long do you keep the pots in the reduction environment before water bathing them? Thanks in advance!
That’s awesome! I leave my smaller pots for 10-15min and bigger pots for 15-20min 😊
Beauuutiful
Thank you! ❤️
What sort of glaze where you using? Nice finish
Hey there, I'm using a Raku glaze called Starry Night. Here's a link if you wanna check it out...tuckerspotteryeshop.com/index.php/product/870-starry-night/ Thanks for watching and for the kind words! :)
is the copper color actual copper that is released from the glaze? trying to understand the chemistry.
I don’t know the exact answer to this, but there is definitely copper in a lot of Raku glazes! That doesn’t mean you will always get these kind of copper results though. I find it comes down to the materials in your reduction barrel! When I use hard woods like walnut I get lots of copper. When I use soft wood like pine, I get more blues 😊 so it’s a combination of the glaze chemistry and reduction materials that produces different results
@@theclaycollective Thanks for the reply. It's amazing the huge field pottery is and all the tangents one can go on. it's seem unending the possibilities, considering all the variables.
@@AffordBindEquipment the possibilities really are endless! I never get tired of exploring pottery techniques 😁
Are you using commercial Raku glazes or mixing your own? How about a recipe?😊
We are using commercial glazes! These ones are Spectrum glazes! 😊
TOP!
Thank you! :D
Why didn't that crack going from the fire to the water?
I use Raku clay, which is designed to handle the extreme changes in temperature without cracking or exploding :)
Are you doing this in a parking lot?
Sort of! It’s a maker space and they utilize the parking lot for demos that involve fire 😉
सर व्हाट इज दिस वाइट मैटेरियल please tell me this white material
Are you referring to the white kiln fabric? 😊 if so it’s a type of fire insulation! You can get it from most pottery suppliers I believe 😊
Good firing but without audio = poor video
Must be a thousand of "look at me" "look at me" look at me" Raku firing videos on TH-cam. Very few Raku videos actually show more than lighting up and dropping something hot in a can of newspaper. How about some Raku videos with 30+ minutes of glaze creation and application with a 5 minute "me too" firing at the end?
We might do a full length, start to finish raku video in the future, but if it’s that you’re looking for more information or tips, feel free to ask any questions you may have! We’re always happy to reply with more details!