Raku and Alternative Firings

The Raku workshop is for current pottery students and potters who already have bisque fired pottery made from a suitable clay for raku firing ready to fire on the day.

Join Potter Heather Gilbert for a Raku session which will include western style raku glaze firings, naked raku and horse hair and feather firings. The last firings on the day will be a form of saggar firing using a variety of materials, such as seaweed, banana skins, copper carbonate and wire, sawdust and salt to add colour to the work. These saggar pieces will be ready to collect the following week.

The Raku is an all weather firing, so please dress in warm and old clothes made of natural fibres. Similar to a bonfire, Raku is smokey and can be dirty.