Raku Firing

I did a raku firing about two and a half weeks ago. This is a very fascinating process. 3-5 vessels are loaded into the kiln (shown left) and the kiln is ignited. The kiln is watched very closely during the process. The gas and air are turned up two to three times, and then while the pieces are still extremely hot, they are pulled out of the kiln with tongs and placed in small chambers (shown).

This is me reigniting the chamber with one of my vessels in it.