Raku Container

This container was hand thrown on the wheel with a fitting lid. The piece was then Raku fired. Raku firing is when you heat the ceramics piece until the glaze starts to melt, when this happens you pull the piece out and set it into a container (usually a metal trashcan) with combustible material such as newspaper, sawdust. Then when things are cooled off you can take the container out to get a rainbow of pattern.