[Cutout spoon rests in aqua, cherry, and white]

very fun,  love it. 

[Sponge and Anemone with clown fish]

this stuff is awesome.  i am not checking the like button because i LOVE it. rakuku

[Two Cats]

Awesome stuff little rodent. i love the terra cotta look too.   I am always trying to find a low fire glaze to use in raku that has that color.  but so far the ones i have tried are just ugly brown.    yep, museum quality.  rakuku

[027]

So deeply sorry for this loss.  Beautiful beautiful work. Hoping for a new and bright future for you as you literally rise from the ashes.    rakuku

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well i loved loved loved doing the obvara. thanks marcia for advice. several of us did it and we have a bunch of addicts. others got some spectacular results. 

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wish i could get the whole piece into the picture.  it has a large jeweled crown.

[Admiring the Flowers]

Fabulous stuff. Love it, its gonna be a great hit.

 

fyi i just made a slug sculpture with an evil grin called "I'm gonna eat your pansies".   rakuku

[Ornate Sectional Vase]

very cool. rack

[Obvarawhite:blacksquares]

love this stuff.  gonna have to try it.  rakuku

[Rocky]

love the dragon but bunnies are best!  rack

[American Shino Glaze Mizusashi (water jar for Japanese Tea Ceremony)]

this is awesome. love the shinos. rakuku

[The Wicked Witch is Dead - Tornado Pot]

"Killer"  piece!!!!   rakuku

[F2 "The Eater" Tornado Planter]

luv luv luv this. so much motion in what is actually a solid rigid object.  rakuku

[Shell Bowl Inspired by Clare Wakefield]

love this look!   curvy and wiggly.  rakuku

[Another Kitsune]

very fun beautiful work Guinea.  Love the buns and foxy creatures. Yep they are gonna sell fast.   rakuku

[Gretta]

love dem bunnies.  these really sing!!    rakuku

[slug taxi]

Thank you Guinea.  I love making this stuff.  This is part of my show for june at our coop gallery.   I am especially proud that this made it through the cone 10 firing with NO CRACKS. Lots of secret holes poked up into the slugs from underneath.   Laguna b mix with grog.     rakuku

[blingyorbsdcs]

yeah, this chemical was not sprayed but rather a packet of the granular stannous chloride placed near the pieces, allowed to ignite and then covered with a metal canning pot.  we wore respirators and guarded the area to keep others away. there is only a few minutes of whitish smoke which dissipates quickly but i am told it has a hideous smell and is toxic.  managed to do it without experiencing it.   we are at a group studio so i do this rarely and only at odd hours with helpers.   rakuku

[Obvara6 3:15copy]

love this stuff.  do you think the technique would work well with hand built stuff?  rakuku

[foilfech3:17:14.sm]

Love this foil saggar stuff. Do you use terra sig on these?  rakuku

[blingyorbsdcs]

thanks for the kind comments. I had a lot of fun making these. Oddly, they do not sell well. go figure.   rakuku

[blingyorbsdcs]

these are fired first with a commercial low fire and then raku fired and fumed with stannous chloride. The fumes released are seriously nasty. I learned this at a workshop and its not something to try without an experienced person to teach you. The method is described in the Alternative Firings book.   rakuku

[The Hutch]

Love this piece. Thanks little rhodent for reminding us to view the gallery. I had no idea how extensive it is.  I do rabbit sculptures too! rakuku