Raku finished Sculptures

Sizes are approximate and each is priced accordingly, plus $30 for shipping. Photos below show an example of how your piece may look, some variation may occur from one horse to the next but the design will be the same.

Horse Head Blue handbuilt porcelain $95.00 4"x4"x2" - Inquire	Horse Head Copper handbuilt porcelain $95.00 4"x4"x2" - Inquire
"Rearing Buckskin Stallion" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire	"At a Canter" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire
"Floating Dream" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire	"High Stepping Guy" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire
"Rearing Pinto" handbuilt porcelain 14"x10"x3" $450.00 - Inquire	"Warrior Queen" raku clay handbuilt, life size $400.00 - Inquire
"Bull Skull, Short horn" slip cast and altered 16"x14"x6" $400.00 - Inquire	"Bull Skull, Long horn" View Closeup Photo slip cast and altered 30"x16"x6" $400.00 - Inquire
"Baby Bull Skull" slip cast and altered 12"x6"x3" $200.00 - Inquire	"East India Bull" slip cast and altered 30"x14"x6" $400.00 - Inquire
Tied Twine Bull Skull 30"x16"x4" $400.00 - Inquire	"Roman Haircut" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire
"Baby Love" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x4" $450.00 - Inquire	"The Bobsey Brothers" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x12" $800.00 - Inquire
"Spotted Rump" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x3" $450.00 - Inquire	"Whiter than White" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x4" $450.00 - Inquire
"Buckshot" handbuilt porcelain 12"x12"x4" $450.00 - Inquire	Blue/copper tray slipcast and altered 12"x4"x3" $75.00 - Inquire
16" bowl A slipcast and altered $140.00 - Inquire	16" bowl B View Closeup Photo slipcast and altered $140.00 - Inquire

What is Raku?

Raku started out as a quick method of Japanese potters to pull out the fired ware and reload the kiln. It was during one of the many wars they had way back when and by accident they found beautiful designs happened on the surface of hot ware dumped into straw, leaves, etc. while still hot. The raku I use is an Americanized version in which metalic glazes are added then the ware is taken from the kiln at 1800 or 2000 degrees and placed into a combustible material (I use dried manure) within the confines of an air tight container (I use metal cans).

After a certain amount of time in the atmosphere (30 seconds to 3 minutes) a cover is added so that the oxygen burns out and the metallic glaze develops in the oxygen free environment. You can get great effects by allowing a small amount of oxygen back in for a second or two or by lacing the combustibles with extra chemicals. Once the can is cold I can then retrieve my treasures...and it's always a surprise!!! I have to clean off the ashes and on some, I add a custom color to the cracks that develop. The custom crackle surface that I offer is done in a regular kiln that I open several times during cool down...this crackles the glaze surface and I then apply a chosen color to the surface, let it settle into the cracks, then wipe off the excess...Voila...another beauty!