Since November I have been so lucky that my cousin Hanne has agreed to teach me Raku. We have met up four times by now, alternating between her place and my moms place. We successfully had the kilt going twice, resulting in quite a nice little stash of creative pieces between the three of us. I think I am falling in love with this medium. I am having so much fun sculpting and both times we did the raku burning I ended up with pieces I am absolutely in love with. On top of this it’s so incredibly rewarding creating and sharing ideas with people I love <3 This Saturday We burned vases, polar bears, zebras, dragons, penguins and tested out masking off the glace by paper cut ornaments. Hanne was teaching us nude raku too and it worked out beautifully. My zebra turned out almost perfect, even it’s lush eyelashes survived the rather rough treatment of nude raku. I love the silken, soft, black and white surface of this technique.

The zebra after the white glace parts has been removed entirely leaving the soft, cracked and spotted surface of nude raku. A bit of wax really brings out the silken feel.
The zebra was created to hold my brushes for art.
Fresh from the bucket of water to cool down, the zebra and the penguin were steaming hot
Mom’s beautiful vases with the intricate, elegant cracked surface, that is so typical for nude raku.
Raku kiln setup