Raku Ceramics: All you need is a Barrel, and Fire.

To avoid breakage due to direct burner contact, use fire 4 brick, laid on edge, under your shelf. Place the first two in a "V" pattern, about 1 1/2" apart in front were they face the burner hole. This allows a portion of the heat to travel strait across, a portion to travel sideways. The other two at 10 and 2 o'clock, parallel to the kiln wall. Then flame on!

HI, dont know if its mentioned here but you can use your fiber cutoffs to form an insulated 'button' to clamp your firewool securely without costing out for heat resistant wires. Simply bind some into a ball or rod, tie with any wire but wrap the whole lot to form a button them pull against wall to seal off from inner atmosphere and fix in place with another outside tie off system.

I love the final product! You are inspiring me! Maybe I'll try it here!

I'll have to try and make one. Thanks for the tutorial!

Awesome!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

Just made a kiln out of a drum from a retired clothes dryer. This is my second kiln and I used 2" insulation this time, as well as some brush-on rigidizer to keep it from escaping into the air (or me) later. I had to make a bottom out of a piece of 1/16" steel sheet, and I also added some legs out of angle steel and some handles for carrying. My first kiln was a "lift off" style made from 1" insulation and wire fencing that worked well but is now proving too small. I was able to get it up to 2000F with a weed burner / BBQ propane tank. Top loaders seem more convenient for keeping the remaining pieces warm as they're taken out one at a time. With the lift-off kiln it was a mad scramble to get the pieces processed.

ah such a great video !

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"because gravity" I died

Nice work! Have participated in very many raku firings. We used to use this horsehair method - but with the addition of a ferric chloride spray (DO NOT BREATHE!). Takes a while to figure out, temp-wise, like the hair, but makes very nice effects. If you're sporting, you can make the ferric chloride from many different iron sources (steel wool, cast iron frying pan, etc.) which just adds to the fun. Then you're a short step from making Prussian blue pigment... Anyway. Keep up the good work! Aloha

not really raku but great video and pottery. I loved the horse hair effects.

I love this video. A thousand thanks. How long can cooking take? For how many hours?

Great video. How much ceramic fibre did you need for this project?

Did you use a ridigizer spray? I just purchased some fire blanket for my raku kiln and i was told by the supplier that its nit needed as its Super wool low bio persistent

Do you use a flashback arrestor with your torch?

Wow very important sharing thanks 🥰 but pls could you tell me what it name the white aroud it. I really want to make it because my country don't have kiln sell 😌

Well done. A lot of hassle though

Had these pots been bisque fired first?

Thx, but how you are sure it‘s hot enough? Thx!