Barrel Firing Ceramics
Barrel firing barrel firing low fire technique using an open fire in a metallic barrel or drum to impart a multitude of colors to ceramic wares with various oxides and organic matter.
Barrel firing ceramics. Posted on february 2 2010 categories pottery tags barrel firing clay firing raku white leave a comment on studio update the barrel fire. If you re looking for a medium sized high fire kiln we d recommend the evenheat hf 2318. Cosmic orb red iron oxide rutile salt mandarine peels. All of these kilns will reach at least cone 10 2350 f and will be perfect for your high firing kilns.
If you re looking for a small high fire kiln we d recommend the evenheat hf 1413. Some potters sprinkle oxide stains on the ware before they light the fire. Her solution was barrel firing. What resonated with was the tactile connection she had with the raw clay so she decided to try to find ways to maintain that through the firing.
Well just finished the barrel firing and it was a lot of fun. Due to how simple it is this method or equivalent techniques have been used for thousands of years. The principles are the same except that with the latter you use a barrel rather than a pit. It s also such a quick instant gratification process as compared to a cone 10 gas reduction firing which i love so it s a nice deversion.
I love alternative firing of pottery. Others wrap their pottery in organic matter to create extremely beautiful patterns on the fired pots. We started saturday afternoon and it burned out fairly fast but the embers glowed all night long. Unearthed red iron oxide copper carbonate orchid gro seaweed.
In today s post an excerpt from naked raku and related bare clay techniques she shares a cool way to develop organic patterning on barrel fired posts jennifer. An alternative to pit firing is barrel firing. Small bits of wood saw dust bark any small combustibles are put into a barrel interspersed amongst the layers of pottery. We offer a variety of high fire kilns at soul ceramics.
And if you re ready to get some real work done. Raku pit barrel. Accessible to anyone involved in this expressive medium the unifying theme of these three techniques is the ability to work directly with the fire to achieve both quick and unique results not available with more conventional firing techniques. It s so alive visceral earthy and unpredictable.
Raku pit and barrel firing are three of the most popular firing techniques in ceramics.