RAKU POTTERY - WHEEL THROWN - HORSE HAIR - HAND MADE

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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Payment | Shipping RAKU POTTERY - WHEEL THROWN - HORSE HAIR - HAND MADE Album Album Album Album Thank you for viewing my auction!! This beautiful horse hair lidded pedistal jar was thrown on the potter's wheel and measures 13 1/4" tall (11" without the cap and horn) by 8 3/4" wide. The cap, horn and pedistal were left unglazed and heavily reduced during the post firing turning them jet black. The horn is attached to the lid with bright copper wire that further adds character to the beautiful and unique piece! An elegant piece that will enhance any collection or a pleasing gift for a friend. My horse hair pieces are second to none in quality and craftsmanship. Each piece is meticulously handmade and handled between 25 to 30 times before the piece is finished, producing a museum quality piece of Raku Art!! All my pieces are 'one-of-a-kind' hand made originals. Couple that with the unpredictability of the horse hair firing process and "No two pots are ever alike"! These museum quality pieces are painstakingly created incorporating balance, proportion and comfort of use. Each piece is stamped on the bottom with the Japanese character for 'Raku' and personally signed by me - Ron Aubuchon . THE HORSE HAIR PROCESS T are a variety of ways to produce horse hair pottery. The one described in is the method I use in producing these beautiful pieces of collectable art. Each piece begins its journey on the wheel and is handled between 15 to 20 times before completion. After shaping the still moist piece is scraped with a thin metal rib to remove finger marks and insure a smooth surface. Once dry it is then hand rubbed with fine steel wool to remove any scratches, blemishes or other irregularities further enhancing it's already smooth surface. The pieces are then coated with several coats of 'terra sigilatta'. Each coat is allowed to dry before preceding with the next. Once the final coat is dry it is then hand burnished to give the pot a glassy sheen. No glazes are used in this process. The pieces are then bisqued fired to 1900 F. After the bisque firing is completed color, if any, is added to the piece with under glazes or ferric chloride. The pieces are then returned to the kiln and fired to 1500 F. At this temperature they are quickly removed from the hot kiln. During the cooling down, horse hair is then applied. As it touches the hot surface it sizzles leaving behind a distinctive carbon pattern on the piece. Once cooled they are washed in soapy water to remove any excess carbon. When dry it is then waxed and hand buffed to bring out the beauty of the piece. The jet black base is then epoxied to the vase.This method of firing results in the loss of several pieces however, those that make it through are truly 'one-of-a-kind' pieces of collectable art. Because of this stress and thermal shock that it is subject too the pieces are fragile and should be handled like fine glass and are tfore not suitable for storage of food stuff or liquids. Their beauty is their function!These pieces are museum quality and represent some of the best pieces I've produced in my 36 + years of potting - "I sincerely hope you will enjoy this piece as much as I did making it"! - Ron Aubuchon SHIPPING I ship UPS Ground (USPS to Hawaii and Alaska only). I DO NOT SHIP OUTSIDE THE U.S. Please use the convenient calculator located at the bottom of this page to figure shipping costs before bidding. I ship out packages on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. If you have paid for your purchase by 11:00 AM (CST) your item will be shipped that day! If you are the winning bidder on two or more items, in most cases depending on size, these items can be shipped together saving you some $$$$$ on freight. Good Luck with your bid ! ... read more

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