A 2-day workshop that will cover standard and horse hair raku pottery firing. Each day will be 6hrs duration (the additional 2hrs to enable additional firings if needed). Each student will be provided with two simple bisqued pieces, one for each type of firing. Additional pre-prepared pieces will be available for sale ($20 each). Students are encouraged to bring up to 2 pieces of their own to be fired in either raku or horse hair.
Day 1: Focused on prepping and firing raku pieces. Following a brief glazing demo, students with glaze their own pieces. When enough pieces are glazed to fill the raku kiln, firings will commence. While firings are going on students can glaze additional pieces as needed. Each firing takes roughly 1hr. It is estimated that 2-4 firings will be required to fire all pieces.
Day 2: Horse hair is typically applied to pieces that have been coated with Terra Sigillata (TS). The day will start with a demo of how TS is applied.
