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Raku Firing and Ceramics Market, Swanwick

  • The Brickworks Museum Swanwick Lane Southampton, England, SO31 7HB United Kingdom (map)
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Free with entry to the Brickworks Museum (SO31 7HB) - the only Victorian Steam driven Brickworks Museum in the country - on Sunday 7 June between 11 am and 3.30 pm

Fire Magic Demonstrations

Come and watch the magical patterns created by fire, smoke and heat: 4 types of Raku firing demonstrations open to the public between 11 and 3.30

Obvara - otherwise known as Baltic Raku: The immediate drama that dipping a hot pot into fermented liquid creates, browns, blacks and golds emerge in unpredictable patterns.

Two step naked raku - the dramatic black and white patterns created by resist slip on burnished white pieces

Horsehair raku - watch delicate feathers and horsehair curl burn themselves into patterns on ceramics

Glaze raku - see the emerging crackles, colour changes and smoke effects on glazes as they are carefully cleaned after the reduction bins.

Ceramics Market

Seventeen makers put their wares on display at The Brickworks Museum - free with standard entry to the Museum. Talented members of the Southern Ceramic Group, include 

Cabby Luxford, Lesley DIxon, Karen Townsend, Jo Tricklebank, Debbie Kolios and many others.

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Triangle Ceramics Pop-Up, Hackney