Create & Fire -Day 2 (Firing) – 24th August 2026
Day 2 of the Create & Fire workshop. The students’ creations had all been bisque fired and ready to be glazed and Raku fired. Due to the fact that each…
Another fabulous new group of students all arrived on time (well almost hey Maria & Alan 😊) and ready to start their Raku Experience. Today marked our furthest away students with a couple who came down from Whitley Bay near Newcastle. A mere 6,5-hour drive, so we had to pull out all the stops.
Maria a returning RakuManiac bought along her own creations for firing, so we had a Welsh miner and a couple of sheep to do!! The rest of the students were all new to Raku but after the talk and demonstration chose two pots from the bookshelf and a couple of them purchased a third pot for a nominal fee. It was a day for naked raku and the horse hair / feather technique. We also has some good use of coloured underglaze under our transparent glaze.
It was a great day and everyone learnt how to finish off their pots with polish and sealer.
Student Comments
MP & AP – Enjoyed so much ! Coming back to build a Raku kiln – watch out !! LOL
AF & JF – Absolutely outstanding – tremendous fun – thoroughly recommend. Thanks so much!
JJ – What an amazing day! Full of laughs and learnt loads. What an experience ! Fantastic HJ – Wonderful day in the sunshine, in a lovely location. Great teaching, lots of lovely people & 3 lovely pots to take home
