Shaun Hall's Raku Ceramics Blogspot

The latest raku bowls are all wheel thrown, and have white and blue overlapping glazes. Working pretty well I think, why I haven't done it before? Large dishes- size approx 24cm diameter retail at £75 ea

Below- Raku glazed "Sentinel". Sadly -  they easily develop firing cracks- along the seams and elsewhere being an enclosed sculptural shape. The crack can easily be seen here...So I am not sure whether to continue with this line or not...

A selection of Raku copper matte "Pisces" c 2016 - in A1 condition these sell now for £225-£255 depending on quality, colour and texture. These are prime examples- unlike my seconds on the ebay store!

Below: Raku fired "Menhirs" with textural copper and overlapped volcanic white Raku glaze c2016  Retailing at £75 ea

I 've been busy photographing pots before they all disappear to all four corners...hope you like them. Below- "Nuclear Jug" -c2016   Retailing at £325-£425 depending on colour and quality

Thought you might like to see some of the bigger sized raku dishes- pulled straight from the kiln after a quick scrub.....

I have switched to using copper carbonate instead of more expensive copper oxide in my glazes. With heavy reduction I seem to be developing more gold tones. One of the "Sentinels" has a lovely patch of gold. Unfortunately it has picked up a slight firing crack ...now to fill with gold lustre or not? That is the question...shall I just say "sod it!" for once and go the full Raku?

I have been ploughing through Raku firings and this post marks the last few firings  ...for now....meanwhile lots of scrubbing to be done!

A new batch of fired tea bowls...hot from the kiln. I'm testing  out the overlapping glaze effect which I really like- with the cratery effect. Also a bit of decoration...which I don't normally do....Breaking the habits of a life time's potting..the "I don't do decoration thing..."