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Residents go potty for Raku

Wednesday 28th of July 2010

More than 100 decorative pots were created and taken home by residents trying their hand at Raku.

The event, held at Grayshott Pottery, attracted around 40 participants who invented their own patterns and designs, using special glazes applied to previously prepared Raku pottery.

The output was then fired in a newly built kiln and then smoked in sawdust and dipped in water to obtain the characteristic colour and porous texture of the Raku ware.

Ed Snell, Managing Director of Grayshott Pottery said: "We have run Raku firings before as staff activities and they had always been really popular.

The output you get is really pleasing to the eye and is a pretty fast process and a lot of fun for everyone! It is possible to do the whole thing in under an hour! Our normal ceramics however, that we create in our workshops take a lot longer. They have to go through several processes before they are ready to be dispatched to our customers' homes and businesses and are fired at much higher temperatures. We offer free weekday tours for people to see this for themselves."