Shiny Raku Charizard
This lean, ferocious, fire-breathing dragon was hand-sculpted and fired in raku. Emerging from the fiery pits of raku, it’s difficult to capture in words the luminous iridescence of this shiny black Charizard. Depending on what angle you look at it, you’ll see subtle notes of metallic reds, blues, and copper buried within the shiny black raku glaze.
Raku is a Japanese firing process that involves taking glazed pieces out of the kiln at around 1800 degrees Fahrenheit and placed in a material that easily catches on fire such as sawdust or newspaper. This technique is used to starve the piece of oxygen and can create a myriad of colors within the glaze. It can produce beautiful results but at the risk of high breakage rates during the firing process due to the thermal shock the pieces are put through.
Approximate dimensions: 4.5”H x 5”W
This lean, ferocious, fire-breathing dragon was hand-sculpted and fired in raku. Emerging from the fiery pits of raku, it’s difficult to capture in words the luminous iridescence of this shiny black Charizard. Depending on what angle you look at it, you’ll see subtle notes of metallic reds, blues, and copper buried within the shiny black raku glaze.
Raku is a Japanese firing process that involves taking glazed pieces out of the kiln at around 1800 degrees Fahrenheit and placed in a material that easily catches on fire such as sawdust or newspaper. This technique is used to starve the piece of oxygen and can create a myriad of colors within the glaze. It can produce beautiful results but at the risk of high breakage rates during the firing process due to the thermal shock the pieces are put through.
Approximate dimensions: 4.5”H x 5”W
This lean, ferocious, fire-breathing dragon was hand-sculpted and fired in raku. Emerging from the fiery pits of raku, it’s difficult to capture in words the luminous iridescence of this shiny black Charizard. Depending on what angle you look at it, you’ll see subtle notes of metallic reds, blues, and copper buried within the shiny black raku glaze.
Raku is a Japanese firing process that involves taking glazed pieces out of the kiln at around 1800 degrees Fahrenheit and placed in a material that easily catches on fire such as sawdust or newspaper. This technique is used to starve the piece of oxygen and can create a myriad of colors within the glaze. It can produce beautiful results but at the risk of high breakage rates during the firing process due to the thermal shock the pieces are put through.
Approximate dimensions: 4.5”H x 5”W
