Raku Wall Hanging, 33th Bowls Set, Horse Hair Raku Firing Sculpture

Horse Hair is a special technique where horse hair is used to decorate the surface. These tiny little bowls are individually thrown from a smooth white porcelain. Once dry, the pieces are bisque fired to make them strong enough to handle. They receive several hand painted coats of terra sigillata, and are then fast fired in raku kiln. When the kiln temperature reaches about 1400 F, I quickly pull the hot, glowing pieces from the kiln with long tongs, and place them on a non-flammable surface (such as a piece of kiln shelf) and the selected hairs are draped onto pieces. They sear onto surface's and leave localized carbon markings. When pieces cooled I just brushed away any burnt remnants and applied the micro-crystalline wax polish to the surface to denote all lines. Dimensions: Largest Bowl is 3″H, 7″D Smallest Bowl is 1″H, 2 1/2″D I appreciate everyone’s business very much. With your purchase, you support me, a self-employed artist who is lucky enough to be doing what I love because of people like you. Also allow me to be a stay-home mom, so our whole family thanks you as well! For those who wants to see backstage life and be first to check new ceramics straight from the kiln, welcome to my Instagram account .