Wilkinson on sun 29 aug 99
Regarding raku post-firing reduction, is there any material or method to
eliminate some of the smoke and still get strong reduction in post firing
after removing it from the kiln without marring or cracking the pots? Have
used paper, water, leaves,water, etc..
Lori Wilkinson
Tim & Lori Wilkinson
Down To Earth Pottery
Roswell NM
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1165/
Dannon Rhudy on mon 30 aug 99
Yes, indeed. You can reduce the smoke to next-to-nothing by
changing your method as follows:
Make a bed of sand a few inches deep and wider than the MOUTH
of the container you use for smoking the work.
Place two or three sheets of newspaper, or a small pile of sawdust,
on the sand. When you remove your piece from the kiln, place it
on the sawdust or paper, and INVERT the container over the top of
the work. Press down briefly to sink the edges of the container in
the sand. Almost no smoke will escape. Crackle and bare clay will
be very black. Try it - works really well.
Regards,
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
At 01:41 PM 8/29/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Regarding raku post-firing reduction, is there any material or method to
>eliminate some of the smoke and still get strong reduction in post firing
>after removing it from the kiln without marring or cracking the pots? Have
>used paper, water, leaves,water, etc..
>
>Lori Wilkinson
>
>Tim & Lori Wilkinson
>Down To Earth Pottery
>Roswell NM
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1165/
>
Mike Gordon on mon 30 aug 99
Hi,
Have you tried leaving the lid or can in place until it is COLD? Mike
Wilkinson on thu 2 sep 99
Thank you to those that responded to my post regarding smokeless post-firing
reduction in reference to raku. Been there done that. So.. as Dannon so
appropriately put it, "if you are that sensitive to it, get a mask that
stops both fumes and particles" or "there are other ways of firing and it is
just not worth getting sick over".
How very true. Due to a number of chronic health issues, I keep finding out
that there is just more and more I have to let go of or give up, and since I
am one stubborn, not so old gal, I find that difficult. It is that
continual giving up a part of myself and the stubbornness that often clouds
my judgment. At times, I forget all of life is gift, including clay.
So, thanks for responding. This list is something else - another greatly
appreciated gift.
Lori
Tim & Lori Wilkinson
Down To Earth Pottery
Roswell NM
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1165/
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