The last day we finished several projects and raku fired our glazed pots.

Steve explains how the procedure goes.

Steve starts the gas firing.The temperature will be at 900 Celsius in 1 hr.

Almost ready for take out.

Jennifer taking out pots.

You put the pots in a trash can. There was lots of paper in there. When it starts burning you quickly close the lid to get the reduction going, which affects the glazes.

Still some burning  and flames.

The pots were taken out, put in water and put on a ledge to cool of further and look at the beautiful colors!

We raku fired the big bowls and finished the workshop with a tea ceremony in our chawans and admired Tatsuo Shimaoka-san’s teabowl which Euan owns.

Thank you Steve, Euan and Kusakabe-san for the wonderful, interesting Art of Tea workshop!