Larry is the kid's art teacher for the past 6 years. He does some pretty neat stuff aside from drawing and painting. He is a jack-of-all-trades in the art world. These are pictures of their Raku firing. It is a type of firing of pottery. They started out with pots that they threw on the wheel themselves and tiles. The glaze is a copper base that turns metalic. It is a pretty cool process. This is the Raku kiln that Larry constructed himself. It is hooked up to a propane tank which heats the overturned trash barrel insulated to withstand and extremely high temp.
This is what it looks like before the piece is fired. These are mushroom tops. We have quite a few in our potted plants on the porch.
Here one of the pots is extremely hot and ready to be smothered in a can with a lid and newspaper in it. If I remember right the smoldering is what makes the glaze turn all different colors. Every piece has a unique finish.
This is Daphne's.
Larry is the kid's art teacher for the past 6 years. He does some pretty neat stuff aside from drawing and painting. He is a jack-of-all-trades in the art world. These are pictures of their Raku firing. It is a type of firing of pottery. They started out with pots that they threw on the wheel themselves and tiles. The glaze is a copper base that turns metalic. It is a pretty cool process. This is the Raku kiln that Larry constructed himself. It is hooked up to a propane tank which heats the overturned trash barrel insulated to withstand and extremely high temp.
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This is so cool. How fun for the kids. Troy loved doing pottery in high school. We still have of his pieces. Do you pay the art teacher to do this?
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