{"id":19089,"date":"2022-01-04T11:01:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/raku-firing\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:47:17","slug":"raku-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/en\/raku-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Raku firing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19089\" class=\"elementor elementor-19089 elementor-1112\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-379ac19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"379ac19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c93f6df\" data-id=\"c93f6df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020be8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"020be8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What&#8217;s special about raku firing is that the pots are <strong>taken out of the kiln when they&#8217;re still red-hot<\/strong>, and are then placed directly into a vessel containing wood shavings or sawdust.<\/p>\n<p>When the contents of the vessel catch fire due to the heat of the clay, the vessel is closed and everything is left to smoke for about 10 minutes. 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