[Clayart] chinese raku

[robert hackert]

I did notice while casual the water seemed measured. Also, you’ll see the red heat dissipate right down to the foot. They must have a open body. I read somewhere the Chinese kilns engaging in this type work used coal to fire with, and would include 25% powered coal in their body. One of our guru’s may be able to comment on the efficacy of that.
Rob Hackert

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> On Jul 3, 2019, at 11:34 AM, Dannon Rhudy <dannon at ccrtc.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps the obsession with water in bottles was that there was
> no convenient piped-in water, and/or they wanted to avoid a big
> container that would put too much water, or ......
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> Don't really know, but seemed to me that while it looked casual,
> they probably wanted to control the water a bit, not let it overwhelm
> or cool too fast, to achieve those results.
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> Dannon Rhudy
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> Mind you I did see a couple of people who were totally shrouded up - almost
> like bee keepers.
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> What was the obsession with pouring water out of bottles though!
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