last laugh on wed 27 jul 05
This cost me $15,000 to know this so I am telling as many people as I can.
On a horse hair raku ( you can also use feather) if you want to have the inside of the piece smokey black. after you pull the piece get cedar chips, must be cedar ( cedar pet bedding will work from wal-mart) put inside the piece catch it on fire and cover with a tile. Put on the horse hair or feathers or my case both. and once the piece cools the smokey color will stay. you will not need glaze on the inside. You recive beautiful pieces. Enjoy I hope it works for all of you . Last laugh 2005
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William & Susan Schran User on wed 27 jul 05
On 7/27/05 5:12 AM, "last laugh" wrote:
> On a horse hair raku ( you can also use feather) if you want to have the
> inside of the piece smokey black. after you pull the piece get cedar chips,
> must be cedar ( cedar pet bedding will work from wal-mart) put inside the
> piece catch it on fire and cover with a tile.
I'm sure the method you describe will result in a very dark solid black
interior, but...
...and this is for free - anything that will burn: newspaper, leaves, dry
grass, excelsior will make the inside of the pot black/smoky. You can use a
piece of IFB to cover the top, or a piece of metal, or you don't have to
cover the top and you'll still get a smoky dark gray interior.
Just last night I fired a pot and used the post-firing horse hair technique.
Forgot to have some shredded paper next to me to throw on the inside of the
pot. Grabbed a small handful of dead grass and threw it in - worked fine.
One can also place the hot pot on a bit of combustibles - this will turn the
bottom black.
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William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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