In this video I will show you how I do Horse Hair Raku and using Ferric Chloride to add a nice color to the pots - ranging from dark red, to orange and light yellow.
I will talk about safety, how you fire your raku kiln, what temperatures to fire to, what clay to use etc. All in all - Horse Hair Raku from A to Z.
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INDEX:
00:00 Introduction to Horse Hair Raku
00:54 Preparing to fire pots for Horse Hair Raku
01:23 Safety First! Light your raku burner the right way
02:15 Start with low presure and slow heat up
02:32 What temperature to reach for Horse Hair Raku
03:16 What clay to use for Horse Hair Raku
04:47 The tools I use for Horse Hair Raku
05:46 Safety: Use proper protection when spraying ferric chloride
06:25 Using a laser thermometer
07:00 The temperature is climbing well
07:20 Getting ready to do fuming with ferric chloride
07:43 Using a band wheel when applying horse hair
08:45 Safety: Use welding gloves when handling hot objects
09:07 Unloading the first pot from the raku kiln
09:45 Sprinkling suger on the hot pot
10:12 Applying the horse hair to the hot pot
11:58 Spraying ferric chloride on the hot pot
13:00 Unloading the second pot
13:35 Adding saw dust and suger to the pot
14:10 When to add the horse hair to the hot pot
16:20 Spraying ferric chloride
16:45 Adding saw dust and paper to the inside of the pot
18:00 Unloading the third pot
18:25 Adding saw dust and suger to the pot
19:05 Adding white horse hair to the hot pot
20:25 Spraying ferric chloride
22:00 Spraying ferric chloride at low temperature to get yellow
25:57 Cleaning the pots - removing the left over horse hair
26:39 Spraying ferric chloride at low temperature to get yellow
27:18 Making for horse hair raku pots
33:44 Will ferric chloride fuming stick well to the pot?
34:14 Raku is fragile - colors change over time
35:05 Evaluating the horse hair raku fire today
36:07 Photos of the horse hair raku pots