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Show Raku Ceramics Workshop at KAC March 18 A raku ceramics .workshop will be taught by Eric Chirstiansen on March 18 and 25 at the Kimball Art Center. Raku is coarse grained, low fired and soft elazed pottery ware developed by the Japanese Japa-nese for articles used in the tea ceremony. The glazed surface has a crackled appearance while the un-glazed un-glazed area is a deep black. i The first night of class, students spend hand building build-ing and molding the clay into whatever forms they want. The second .cass is used to glaze and fire the pieces. The firing process to be used at the Center involves an upside-down trash can lined with ceramic fiber set on a foundation of bricks. A portable propane tank fires the pieces until the glaze is melted. The pots are then picked up with tongs and placed in sawdust. Pots can be removed, cooled with water (or placed in snow; within 5 to 10 minutes and washed off. The unpredictability unpredict-ability of the glazed products final coloring adds excitement excite-ment to the process. Eric Chirstiansen received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from BYU and has also taught at BYU. He is a studio potter and owner of Snake Creek Pottery in Midway, Utah. His work has been exhibited at the Park City Art Festival, Salt Lake Art Festival and the BYU student show. The class will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost, which includes 5 lbs of clay and other materials, is $17 for Kimball Art Center Members Mem-bers and $20 for nonmem-bers. nonmem-bers. Tools will also be provided. . w |