Sylvia See on fri 18 apr 97
Hi all; The Sun is Shining!!!!!!!
I agree with the sand and inverted garbage cans over Raku pieces. I also
had to solve the problem of smoke from Raku living in a new residential
area on the edge of the golf course. This works perfectly. I also had to
solve the problem of the flaming combustables blowing into the neighbors
yard, here in windy southern Alberta. Here's a tip that works great for me.
I took pipe and hammered it into the ground just at dirt level, below the
grass, so that you won't trip over it and the lawnmower won't catch on it.
When I Raku, I drop long pieces of Rebar in the pipe, which have been
spaced about 4 ft. apart in a semi circle around my Raku area. I then
fasten screen to a long wooden board about 1x1 with a stapler or shoe laces
and I tie the board to the first rebar post and then just wind in and out
of the posts to the last one and tie it to the last post. It makes a great
windscreen and protects the neighbors from any blowing straw or newspapers
that are on fire.
Another little observation on the sand. I had a been using dry sand for
this, and we had shower blow in one afternoon of Rakuing, and it wet the
sand pretty good. Voila, we had the best reds we had ever had before. We
were so excited about this discovery. We now make sure the sand is wet
before we Raku. It totally changed some of the glazes we had been
struggling with.
Sylvia See Claresholm, Alberta sylviac@telusplanet.net
The golden years have come at last, I cannot see, I cannot pee,
I cannot chew, I cannot screw. My memory shrinks, my hearing stinks.
No sense of smell, I look like hell. My body drooping, got trouble pooping.
The golden years have come at last, The golden years can kiss my Ass.
Dannon Rhudy on thu 5 apr 01
At 08:51 PM 4/5/01 -0000, you wrote:
> Hi every body, I was invited to make raku as a show by night, but in a
place that does not allow much smoke.....
You can reduce the smoke to near nothing by
making a shallow "box" of either concrete
block or bricks. Make just the perimeter,
if it's on a slab. Make the box big enough
to hold one or two garbage cans upside down,
without their lids. Put a few inches of
SAND inside your "box". Put a little newspaper
or shredded paper or sawdust in a small
pile that will fit under the garbage can.
Doesn't take much paper. When you remove
the hot piece from the kiln, place it
immediately onto the paper, cover with
garbage can, push slightly down into the
sand. Almost no smoke escapes. It helps
a lot to consider the movement track from
kiln to sand box, and place things
accordingly, so that you can just pick
up the piece, swing it around, put it
down, without having to traipse all over
with a hot pot.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
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