One of the places that I like to visit near my site is Linotseng Studio. A professional artist, Patrick Rorke, opened a studio for locals and visitors alike to come paint and do pottery alongside him. I have enjoyed the opportunity to be one of those people.
Last weekend, Patrick conducted a Raku firing. This is a Japanese form of pottery, where we use powder that turns into metallic looking glaze. He made a bunch of pottery pieces beforehand, and on the day of the firing, we picked out our own pottery pieces and brushed on the glaze. Another PCV, Robby, came with me. Most of the real work was done by Patrick, but it was really fun and we learned about the Raku firing process.
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One of my students, Puseletso, and another girl in the village help with the studio.
They are picking out their pieces of pottery. |
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| Robby painting on the glaze |
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| One of my pieces BEFORE the firing. |
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| The “oven” |
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After the pieces are fired,
they are put into piles of leaves to prevent copper oxidation. |
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One of my students, Puseletso,
adding more leaves while they are burning. |
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Robby and me with our pieces.
His broke (which happens when the heat is applied too quickly). |
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| Finished Product! |
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Top view.
(It looks better in person because you can see the metallic coloring) |
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Really cool! Love the colors! 🙂
That is soo cool!! What a fun activity!