Dan Johnston on fri 5 jul 96
Hi All:
Has anyone ever heard of a Raku process called horse hair Raku? Is this for
real? If so, how does the process work?
Dan in Tahlequah, OK
DLJ57@aol.com
Lori Wilkinson on fri 5 jul 96
For horse hair raku terra sig and polish a greenware piece. Bisque to ^08
or ^06 and let it cool down. Put it in a raku kiln to about 1000 degrees,
remove with tongs at that temp and place on a soft brick. Immediately lay
horse hair over or around pot and let sit till cool enougn to touch. Wipe
off ash and you have it. I have used sawdust, feathers, human hair, grass..
use your immagination. You can use colored sig too but I prefer the white.
Good luck.
Lori Wilkinson in Roswell NM
lorwilk@lookingglass.net
dannon@ns1.koyote.com on sat 6 jul 96
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi All:
>Has anyone ever heard of a Raku process called horse hair Raku? Is this for
>real? If so, how does the process work?
>Dan in Tahlequah, OK
Dan,
Yes. You heat the UN-glazed piece in the raku kiln to about 1200F or so, a
bit less perhaps. Lift it out, put it down, drop horse hair (tail) onto the
surface of the piece.
As the horsehair burns, it will leave fine (carbon) lines on the surface of
the piece. The ones I have seen done used a white clay body, but any light
one would do.
Dannon Rhudy
>
james & becca sydnor on sun 7 jul 96
Dan Johnston wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi All:
> Has anyone ever heard of a Raku process called horse hair Raku? Is this for
> real? If so, how does the process work?
> Dan in Tahlequah, OK
> DLJ57@aol.com
Dannon is basically right about the process. Experimenting with
temperatures will give you different results. With a little practice
you can actually "draw" using the carbon trailing of the hair. Be sure
to use sufficient heat resistant appearal. You can also use feathers.
Lee Sipe on sun 7 jul 96
I have such a pot. I bought it in Madrid, New Mexico, at the Al Leedom
Studio. The pottery is produced with a variation of the raku firing
technique. You first burnish the pottery with a smooth stone before the clay
is completely dry. Bidque fire, allow to cool and apply glaze to inside
surface only. Then glaze fire, and remove the piece from the kiln while
still hot, with tongs. Lay horse hair on the hot, polished, unglazed
surface. This will give you the black lines.
Lee Sipe
Lori Wilkinson on sun 7 jul 96
At 10:14 AM 7/7/96 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
y
Bidque fire, allow to cool and apply glaze to inside
>surface only. Then glaze fire, and remove the piece from the kiln while
>still hot, with tongs.
>
>Lee Sipe
Lee, this sounds good but wouldn't the glaze crack from the thermo shock?
Lori Wilkinson in Roswell NM
Valice Raffi on sun 7 jul 96
I've also used dog hair, on flat pieces (with glazed & unglazed areas)
placed face down on the leaf "pit" with the hair on top of the leaves.
a couple of weeks ago, I was explaining the process to friends & hadn't
noticed that they'd left the hair in a wad, then misted it with water. It
turned out ok on their pieces, which are more free form abstract, than on
mine. Oh well.
Valice
TexasMudWoman@AOL.COM on sat 20 may 00
Snip
The main problem is acquiring the horsehair. Most horse owners consider the
mane and tail of their horses as sacred, so you have to do a lot of begging,
groveling and scraping curry combs.
Snip
I have gotten horse hair at Tandy Leather Stores. They are on the web at
http://www.tandyleather.com
Vicki Hardin
iloveclay.com
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