Woods Walker

Look at all the Balsamorhiza.

I believe you can eat it.

Sometimes its nice to just go for a hike...

Raku II

I think this is a better photo of the color variation on my Raku pot...

At first I felt it was way too coppery so I dropped it back in the kiln for just a couple of seconds and got a more satisfying variation from the reduction and then the re oxidation.

Raku

So, Mike and I set out to have a Raku firing. It was fun. Boys playing with fire and all that. First we fired up the kiln. Then prepped our combustibles. News paper, Pine needles and sawdust. you know good flamable stuff.

Here is a shot from my phone (Actually they are all from my phone) of the smoldering cans with hot pots in them... I used one of Coleens old popcorn tins. Mike used a garbage can.

Here is a shot of some of the finished product.

Sadly, Mike lost three pots. All told I think it was a success even with the loss. I can still hear what sounded like popcorn coming from inside the kiln. "Learning experience" and all that stuff.