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Peter Marsh Artist
RAKU POTTERY
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Working a gas fired raku kiln is pretty hot work so one needs to get away from the kilns once in a while and drink plenty of water. Raku potters have helped school kids for the last 20 years experience the thrill of a raku firing at Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery in Scarborough, Ontario.
![Kilns firing, pottery drying on top](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_dee5791b8f304cb79627e6917d5bb942.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_dee5791b8f304cb79627e6917d5bb942.jpg)
Once the students have glazed their greenware it is placed on the top of the kiln to dry thoroughly before being put into the kiln.
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![Peter and Becky with Raku Pottery](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_58d76dd60c704ba29dd60347fbaf9ea9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_58d76dd60c704ba29dd60347fbaf9ea9.jpg)
Hand painting a design on the pot.
![Welsh button](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_cc487c73bb374aac96b53bc4eee33e6c.jpg/v1/fill/w_101,h_140,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_cc487c73bb374aac96b53bc4eee33e6c.jpg)
My heritage through my Dad is welsh. Wendy and I visited in 1997 and I picked up some designs I could embed in the clay to make these type of buttons.
![Loading Kiln](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_24562c163e734c4ea1677124cfad8e6b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_24562c163e734c4ea1677124cfad8e6b.jpg)
Greenware in the kiln
![Fresh out of the kiln](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_52fd7e220e25430588edd75ad1142c7d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_52fd7e220e25430588edd75ad1142c7d.jpg)
Pottery cooling on the driveway at the cottage
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![Gas burner firing the kiln](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_bd374811866e460791bb1fb02570a7d5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_bd374811866e460791bb1fb02570a7d5.jpg)
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![Full Kiln](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_3fdbf7eb02ca45b2878b310eba22a552.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_3fdbf7eb02ca45b2878b310eba22a552.jpg)
![A 'Galactic' bowl](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_cd828245c9af421f96c8f878c4de282f.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_cd828245c9af421f96c8f878c4de282f.jpg)
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![Firing at night](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_50b67db8c5c846d5843ea8408b92fa09.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_50b67db8c5c846d5843ea8408b92fa09.jpg)
Firing at night is pretty spectacular as the pottery glows red hot when removed from the kiln; a very magical scene.
![Stirring the glazes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_a28095d5b7304fde8415476e5e32bc7e.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_a28095d5b7304fde8415476e5e32bc7e.jpg)
![Dip Glazing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_99483c7780be471fa8aa1426b08ff861.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_99483c7780be471fa8aa1426b08ff861.jpg)
![Pots with character](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/655e91_89d49bb1b430423c995ebbbc6cd958fe.jpg/v1/fill/w_134,h_176,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/655e91_89d49bb1b430423c995ebbbc6cd958fe.jpg)
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