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Raku-Firing

by Patrick Record/Daily Inter Lake
| May 26, 2012 7:02 PM

Holmes uses kilns in his backyard for firing the ceramics at 2,000 degrees. Once the pieces are done firing, they are submerged into a trashcan full of sawdust. The smoke and the fire react to the glaze, causing the western raku effect.