When you don’t know what to buy someone for Christmas, try pottery lessons. It helps if the recipient has some artistic ability, but all that is required is a desire to try something new and no concern for getting dirty. Potters are natural seekers of fire. Especially raku potters. They craft their pottery from a carefully selected clay since the clay used determines much of the character of the finished piece. [1] A special raku glaze containing copper is applied and, though it appears white, will produce a coppery green finish when exposed to fire. In raku firing the glazed pottery is heated in the kiln until it glows bright red. It is immediately placed in a metal trash can full of newspaper strips that ignite on contact with the fire hot pottery. The can is quickly sealed with the lid to allow the fire to burn off the oxygen. When the smoke escapes, the lid is lifted, and the pottery is covered with water to prevent further oxygenation. The copper in the glaze turns gr...
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