Raku with the Salmon Arm Pottery Club

	Everthing needs glaze except where you want black.	Picking the right glaze.	It's actually how you hold your tongue!
Applying glaze to a maple leaf.	Preparing piece with copper wire.	More glazer's working their magic.	Pre-heating pieces after glazing
Concentration in the glazing room.	A mad scientist in the glazing room?	The Kiln	The Kiln
Tearing strips of newspaper/magazines	Kiln empty readied to be loaded.	Loading kiln.	Ready for firing.
The happy potter.	Red hot ready for the pot.	Quickly before they cool.	Nice fire to burn off oxygen.
Still Burning.	Rinsing the fish to bring out the color.	Bringing out colors with the blow torch.	Loading The Kiln
Ready to open the kiln .	It's open, the rush is on to get them out of the Kiln.	Adding paper strips to pots to create fire and use up oxygen.	Removing from pot after cooling.
Red hot pottery at approx 1800 deg F.	Get a nice flame going then pop on the lid.	Removing articles from pots after sitting in oxygen free pot.	Its the sitting in oxygen free pot that brings out the fascinating colors.
About to cool with water.	Removal of last piece into black pot.	Pottery is cooled and then sprayed with water.	Spray with water to bring out colors.
Some pieces are then blow torched to further enhance color and clarity.	An example of unique coloration.	Another Kiln ready for the pots.	Red hot and the sooner in the pot the better.
Fire and smoke.	A finished piece.	Reloading the kiln.	Full load ready for firing.
Another hot load coming out.	Red hot pottery after just opening Kiln.	Fuelling the fire.	Filling the kiln.
Another one ready to go.	Getting a little smokey.	Get it in the pot then stoke up the flames.	The last load of the day.
Rubbing with steel wool helps bring out the shine.	Even Dusty dog is tired from all the activity.