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Raku Water Bottle is made in the traditional Cherokee shape but with raku clay and glaze. The bowl of the bottle features the water symbol and the neck features a hand twisted ""necklace"" to represent the way creeks and rivers twist and turn.

Raku Water Bottle was first fired in an electric kiln to reach a temperature of about 1900 degrees, then glazed with a blue copper raku glaze. The piece is then placed in a gas kiln for a reduction firing. When the temperature reaches about 1800 degrees, the gas is turned off and the piece is removed from the kiln while red hot and placed in a combustible material for the oxidation process. The flame burns the oxygen out of the air and allows the smoke to saturate the unglazed areas and, when using a metallic glaze, cause the colors to flash.

Materials: Commercial raku clay and glaze

Technique: Double kiln fired

Size: 8.5" x 6"