Beginning Raku: 2 Days June 2023

Beginning Raku Workshop with Joe Robinson 

12 people max. Indoor/Outdoor. Beginners welcome with advanced material.

Saturday, June 24, 2023 10:00a- Sunday June 25 5:00p. 

Included:

-5 pre-made test tiles

-1 personal raku firing

-shared raku firing

-all glazes, materials, and fuels

-camping

Join Joe Robinson for two days of raku at East Creek’s beautiful indoor/outdoor studio space. Start from scratch and earn about/try your hand at various raku techniques including reduced and un-reduced raku, utilizing underglazes, horsehair, foil saggar firing in the raku kiln, and raku kiln building and setup, including propane basics. 

Bring your own bisque, up to 5 cubic feet, to prepare and fire in our kilns. Your bisque can be any clay; raku dedicated clays like Georgie's Pipenburg Raku are preferred.

After completing this workshop, you'll be able to go back to your studio to build and fire your own raku kiln. Highly reccomended for teachers and others who want to get consistent raku results for themselves, their students, or their communities. 

Check out eastcreekart.org/info for a materials guide. 

Schedule: 

Saturday: 

-10:00a arrival, orientation and setup

-moring lecture, glazing demos, and kiln building afternoon work time, evening firing, campfire

Sunday: 

-breakfast on your own (use our outdoor kitchen)

-morning firing

-afternoon personal coaching, questions, and wrap up.

Optional: 

-Tiny Cabin stay

-bunkhouse bed stay