RAKU Rendevous Field Trip

Join your HCA ceramics instructors for a Raku Rendezvous in Needham! This Raku field trip consists of a supervised glazing and firing session. Glazing instruction describes the available glazes, applications, and expected results. Firing instruction includes information on basic kiln theory, loading, firing in oxidation versus reduction atmospheres, and basic post-firing techniques.

The field trip will include an hour of glazing and four hours of firing in several loads of the two kilns. Each student must bring several cylindrical bisqued pots to fire (no plates or wide bowls please). We will fire as many pots as possible, but there is no guarantee that everything will be fired. It's better to bring more work than less.