Raku fired vase that has been dipped in a fermented mix. The shape of the vase has a rounded bottom half or belly, that goes straight up with a slightly defined rim. From the bottom of the belly, up to 2/3, is a fine dry river bed texture, with some bands sectioning the middle, and at the top and bottom of the texture. The bottom of the pot has the most burnt ferment mix being nearly black, and it immediately becomes lighter once it reaches the belly, cutting across it diagonally. Then once the belly meets the straight neck, another section of burnt ferment mix that also cut across the top diagonally in the opposite direction. The areas where the mixture is burnt create a soft brown with varying droplets and splotches of different shades of brown.
A raku fired vase that was dipped in a fermented mix. The bottom third of the vase is very round or circular (the belly), narrows quite a bit then goes upward while flaring out to make quite a coned neck. The belly has the most burnt fermented mix becoming nearly black, with a few bubbling lines across it that are a golden orange. Where the belly meets the neck gradually becomes lighter as it goes towards the bare rim. The different shades of brown showing with a variety of shades and splotches. The inside of the rim of the pot, just barely, pouring lines of the burnt fermented mix can be seen as it was being poured out of the vase; a darker strip with a lighter strip on either side.
A raku fired vase that was dipped in a fermented mix. A round, low belly that slowly tapers in as it rises towards the defined, bare rim. The rim and very bottom of the vase are bare, while the majority of the form is covered in a red-violet hyper fine clay slip that has turned a light terracotta during the firing. Different layers of the burnt fermented mix layer over each other as it moves up the pot with different shades of brown and variety of splotches. Areas where the burnt ferment mix is light, the clay slip can be seen through adding a rosey color overall.
And another team event means another chance to try obvara! Last year, my last pot turned out just right as I was trying to troubleshoot it and I've been hooked! Much better this year, plus testing some terra sigillata with it
#raku #obvara
