Raku
Well, it's been a while. The cold weather has put an end to gardening and most of my outside the house projects.
I'm taking a ceramics class for fun on Wednesday evenings and a couple weeks ago we did a Raku firing. I'd never done this before but it was really cool and some people got some really beautiful pots out of it - unfortunately I wouldn't say I was one of them :(
I only made one pot. I built it by hand, starting with a pinch pot then adding coils. Here are some pictures from the night of the firing:
my pot while in the kiln
someone else's bowl in the kiln
This is the kiln with the top removed. My pot is in the front.
After lifing the lid you put the pot into a pile of sawdust or straw then cover it for about 10 minutes.
my finished pot
close up on the blue drips
top view 
