OUGD603 / Research-led Brief / Ceramics / Technical Research

With help from students and teachers in the ceramics workshop I have learnt the process. There are a lot of stages of ceramics, each of which something could go wrong so it is very lengthy. Not doing one of these steps properly could jeopardise the work.

These steps are for a normal kiln firing, although there are other ways to fire clay too which include; raku firing - a Japanese process in which work is removed from the kiln at bright red heat and subjected to post-firing reduction (or smoking) by being placed in containers of combustible materials. This blackens and causes cracks in the surface of the clay.