Playing with fire

 

 
North Shore News August 29, 2010
 
 
 
Coralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.
 
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Coralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.

Photograph by: Cindy Goodman, NEWS photo

The Parkgate Pottery Art Studio gets together to make beautiful raku creations. To learn more about the studio contact Liz DeBeer at 604-983-6367.

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Coralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.
 

Coralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.

Photograph by: Cindy Goodman, NEWS photo

 
Coralie Triance wraps water soaked newspaper around the rims of the buckets used for the red hot ceramics during a raku reduction firing session at Parkgate Pottery Art Studio at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Community Centre. Pieces are fired for 20 minutes at 1100 degrees.
Studio supervisor Liz DeBeer preps the kiln and loads it with warmed glazed pieces. To learn more about the studio contact DeBeer at 604-983-6367.
Coralie Triance and Ben Lim hook up the propane tank, submerged in a bucket of water for safety, to heat the outdoor kiln.
Helena Hensley paints her bisqued bowl with glaze made specifically for the Raku firing method.
Connie Cunningham brings out shredded paper to cover the red hot pots while they’re in the reduction buckets.
Liz DeBeer and Ben Lim set up the outdoor kiln and reduction buckets for the firing process.
Pottery studio members get ready at their stations to receive the red hot pots be fore they are placed in the buckets.
Reduction pots ablaze.
Covering reduction pots.
Red hot pot.
A finished piece still very hot, shines with metallic glaze.
Art born in fire is the nature of raku pottery.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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