Our most popular second saturday returns for a fourth performance. Bring your own bisque fired pots to glaze and fire or use one of ours. We’ll grill hot dogs in between raku firings (on a separate grill, *not* in the raku kiln). We’ll have some chips and lemonade and hot dog type of condiments. Feel [ Read More ]
Although Bracker’s does not sell used equipment, we do act as a bulletin board and try to match up people wanting to sell with people wanting to buy. We have heard of a few things in the Lawrence, KS area: 2 L&L Kilns, $500 for both: Craigslist link If you have items you are wanting [ Read More ]
Autumn Leaves is one of the Spectrum Low Stone 900 series glazes. It is a semi-gloss glaze that breaks to an iron yellow where thinner and a red iron colour where thicker. Like most of the Low Stone Glazes, Autumn Leaves can also be layered with other glazes to produce a wide variety of effects. Retail [ Read More ]
Special thanks for this month’s glaze of the month goes to Darla Heard for suggesting HER favourite, Coyote Blue Purple. I thoroughly enjoyed working with this glaze and look forward to continued exploration. Coyote glazes are known for their layerability, (I think I may have just made up that word), so I tried a wide [ Read More ]
AMACO’s Lustrous Copper Raku Glaze is a beautiful shimmery, copper-red metallic. Variation of brushstroke & glaze thickness can cause the glaze to yield different results on the same piece. Heavier reduction will yield more metallic while a gentler reduction produces more of the iridescent results. It is sure to evoke an oooh, ahhh result on [ Read More ]
