The Raku Vase features a white crackle finish and is handmade in the Netherlands.
Instead of a controlled, electric kiln, raku requires a fuel-burning kiln – a much faster heating using fire. Pulled from the kiln red-hot, pieces are quickly placed in combustible materials which burst into flames upon contact. It is then smothered with a container to deprive the setup of oxygen, and immediately cooled down.
A number of variations in this process of fire, quick temperature change, and oxygen deprivation leads to endless variations in colors and surface effects. Results can never be repeated; each piece is truly an original.
This piece is not waterproof.
Medium
- Width: 11″
- Height: 14″
Large
- Width: 14″
- Height: 18″