Marcia Selsor Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Had a great day firing raku even if I only lasted for three batches. Heat was incredible. Here is one of my 2 new tile racks. Fired 14 tiles from 10 x 10" to 7.5 x 7.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenkstudio Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Love the tile racks. what are they made of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 What a beautiful tile with the heron picking at his (her?) shadow. Raku Master Marcia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 welded steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenkstudio Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Marcia, Your work is gorgeous, as always. The rack looks like a great tool for pulling several pieces at once from the raku fire. How long have you used a rack like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 wonderful! have seen that heron on the riverbank. love it. and the tile rack. what is the height of the triangular supports? this is for your huge tiles and will still allow smaller ones, good design. next we need a video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Sure, post a nice tile rack, post a gorgeous piece of raku..Sure Sure. Now I am suffering from clay envy- TY for that!! I assume you already know that piece is gallery/museum quality? Nerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Great tiles Marcia. So did the rack give out after the third firing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Marcia, Your work is gorgeous, as always. The rack looks like a great tool for pulling several pieces at once from the raku fire. How long have you used a rack like this? I have two. I fired them for the first time yesterday. I have a 1/2 inch rod with a hook to pick them up. Fully loaded they are a little heavy. I had small to big tiles 6 x 6 to 10 x 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Benzine, why do you ask? I fired them twice and did large slabs for the other firing. They have very heavy welded joints. I hope they last longer than three firings. I'll ask Joe . He designed a basket for lifting groups of pots out at once. He teaches welding among other things. Met him at my workshop in Las Cruces where he brought his basket and kiln.. His has lasted quite a while and did more than three firings during the workshop. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Sorry Marcia, I just misread your initial post. You said you only last for three firings. I thought you said the basket did. My mistake. That is an excellent set up. Do you lift the whole basket out with your super duper oven mitts, or just single tiles at a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I have a steel rod with a hook and lift the whole thing out at once. Easy to get a good reduction on all the pieces. I have two and put them both in my larger raku kiln. Fired 10 tiles I. One batch. Fast removal and in to large slabs. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Beautiful heron tile, I live near a heron rookery, I really should do more with that subject. Denice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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