RAKU PARTIES
By holding a Raku Party you can experience the excitement of glazing & firing your own pottery piece and, take it home with you the same day / evening.
Raku Parties are currently available for Private groups or Corporate functions eg: a Team Building event, day or evening, weekday or weekends.
Standard Parties can usually be organised for 4 week in advance for up to 20 people* and runs for approx 4 hours.
The location / setting is in the industrial part of Fremantle, close to Fremantle CBD and within walking distance of public transport.
Everything you require to glaze & fire your pottery piece is supplied, you don't need to bring anything.
Each party can be self catered OR we can organise the catering for you.
See link below for Raku Party prices then contact me directly to organise a party especially for you and your friends or work colleagues.
* Allow an extra 4 weeks notice if you require a Raku Party for more than 20 people or for the catering to be provided for you.
By holding a Raku Party you can experience the excitement of glazing & firing your own pottery piece and, take it home with you the same day / evening.
Raku Parties are currently available for Private groups or Corporate functions eg: a Team Building event, day or evening, weekday or weekends.
Standard Parties can usually be organised for 4 week in advance for up to 20 people* and runs for approx 4 hours.
The location / setting is in the industrial part of Fremantle, close to Fremantle CBD and within walking distance of public transport.
Everything you require to glaze & fire your pottery piece is supplied, you don't need to bring anything.
Each party can be self catered OR we can organise the catering for you.
See link below for Raku Party prices then contact me directly to organise a party especially for you and your friends or work colleagues.
* Allow an extra 4 weeks notice if you require a Raku Party for more than 20 people or for the catering to be provided for you.
The word “raku” means "enjoyment", "comfort" or "ease" (but I have seen it written as meaning “happiness in the accident”) and is derived from Jurakudai, the name of a palace, in Kyoto, Japan, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), who was the leading warrior statesman of the time.
Raku, as practised in the West, is a low-fire method in which we quickly heat the pieces, remove them from the kiln when the glaze has melted, still glowing hot and perform some type of post-firing process.
Typically, the pieces are removed from the hot kiln and covered with masses of combustible material (e.g., straw, sawdust, or newspaper) in a metal or tin container to provide a reducing atmosphere for the glaze and to stain the exposed body surface with carbon.
In the traditional Japanese process, the fired Raku piece is removed from the hot kiln and is allowed to cool in the open air. The technique of placing the pieces in a container filled with combustible material is not a traditional Raku practice. Raku techniques have been modified by contemporary potters worldwide.
Western Raku is typically made from a stoneware clay body, bisque fired (first or biscuit firing) at 1000 °C and glaze fired (final firing) between 800–1,000 °C.