Small Polar Bear - standing upright on hind legs

Ceramic fired pieces with black slip decoration finished in a RAKU crazed finish or EARTHENWARE smooth creamy white

Size: 11cm High x 5cm Wide x 4cm Deep

I have developed a smooth white earthenware finish - this is a creamy white colour without any crazing as shown in the pictures

These pictures are general pictures of each item, hand finishing and decoration with give each piece it's own character.

The crazing will differ with each raku fired animal due to the unique nature of Raku.

Raku is a rapid firing technique, adapted from an ancient Japanese firing. A small group of approx 15 pieces are placed in a small gas fired kiln and fired up to around 1,000° c, each piece is then individually taken out of the kiln red hot and placed in a bin of sawdust & wood shavings which instantly combust, the actual finish is then down to careful timing, longer in the air will give bigger heavier crazing, covering quickly leaves areas with no crazing but the crazing itself is very random and this gives each piece its own character, all work is then completely covered in the sawdust and left overnight to cool before being cleaned.

RAKU IS NOT FROST PROOF SO NOT SUITABLE FOR KEEPING OUTDOORS

EARTHENWARE IS NOT HIGH FIRED SO I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND KEEPING OUTDOORS EITHER