Saturday, April 16, 2011

NOT JUST RAKU.

After I did my first raku firing I thought this is not for me, and look at me now!
It's not just raku there are lots of tricky bits, get the glaze right, the firing, the reduction and after all that the outcome is still unpredictable.
So here are a few wall-tiles finished after that last firing.

                     Just a white crackle glaze with a different glaze on the hearts, no glaze on the black bits.




I'm happy the way the turquoise worked here, for some reason often it reduces to much and many times it goes a yukky brown-red.

Mmmmmmmm........not sure about this one!



A mixture of glazes, fish should have been brighter!

5 comments:

Drømmeriet said...

Love your raku-work! Very nice wall-tiles,like your details and small pieces and how you put it together. Lots of inspiration!
Tone

Jo Murray said...

Mieke these are such gorgeous quirky pieces. You have a great design sense, and I love the way they are presented. Great work.

Barry said...

M-glad you persisted - these are great little pieces - so much texture and subtle colours. B

Penny said...

I love your tiles, glad you went on with the raku.

Gaby Bee said...

These tiles are stunning! Love them all, but especially the last one!

Hugs, Gaby