Tel: 01934 863377
info@clayability.co.uk

Studio 5
The Walled Garden
Long Lane, Wrington,
North Somerset,
Bristol
BS40 5SA
 
 




 
Raku Weekend Courses

Raku Summer Workshops 2010

Raku Workshop 1
Sunday 20th June (10am to 3pm) and
Sunday27th June (10.00am to 6.00pm)

Raku Workshop 2
Sunday 4th July (10am to 3pm) and
Sunday 11th July (10.00am to 6.00pm)

Raku Workshop 3
Sunday 25th July (10am to 3pm) and
Sunday 1st August (10.00am to 6.00pm)

Raku Workshop 4
Sunday 8th August (10am to 3pm) and
Sunday 15th August (10.00am to 6.00pm)

Raku Workshop 5
Sunday 19th Sept ember (10am to 3pm)
and Sunday 26thSeptember (10.00am to 6.00pm

Cost - £80 per person

The raku workshop are over two weekends and held on Sundays. The first Sunday is to make the pottery (half day between 10.00am - 3.00 pm.) Then the following Sunday is an exciting day when everyone fires their own pots using this ancient Japanese technique.

The process involves glazing the pots with a special glaze, then placing them into a gas kiln, and bringing the temperature up to 1000 degrees rapidly. When the pot reaches this temperature and the glaze has melted, the pot is then taken red hot out of the kiln, placed in a bed of sawdust and covered. It's in the sawdust that the magic happens - the sawdust causes the glaze to crackle and the unglazed areas to blacken. This glaze effect can also produce some stunning metallic surfaces, especially with the copper glaze. The whole process is immediate and is an exciting way to fire pots.

The second Sunday starts at 10.00am. We’ll start by glazing some of the pots and the first firing takes place around 10.45am. Each firing takes about one and half hours. We usually have 4 firing over the day and the usually the finishes at 6.00pm but can over run a little.

Tea and Coffee is on demand and on the second Raku Sunday is a shared lunch with everyone bringing a dish Bring a packed lunch for the frist making session.

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Please telephone Bill Moore to confirm the availability of spaces. Gift Vouchers are also available if a Raku booking is being give as a present. Group bookings are also availabily.
Tel ; 01934 863377

To view some images and a video from our last raku days, please click below and see the gallery page

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