Nigel Webster - Gledfield Mill, Ardgay is strongly influenced by Japanese Pottery Techniques. not one to disappoint his new arrivals to the Bothy are these handcrafted Japanese Raku Sake Cups. A handcrafted raku sake set comprising of 3 small sake cups - in a white tactile crackle glaze (available individually to purchase). I asked Nigel for a few words to give us an insight into how they are made..... ‘Unglazed parts of the work turn black in the fuming process giving a balance to the set. The sake set is hand thrown on a wheel, fired once and then glazed. The raku process then involves plunging the hot (1000 degrees) glazed pots into sawdust. This combustion process gives each pot a unique character with lustre and crackle effects. The clay body starts off white but unglazed areas are turned black by the smoke, these black areas are designed to accentuate the form and contrast with the white crackle glaze. Each raku piece is completely unique as the patternation is due entirely to the random nature of the flames and smoke that are used to quench the work hot from the kiln.’ made from: Hand thrown from stoneware clay.#raku #rakupots #rakupottery #japenesepottery #sake #pottery #potterywheel #potterywheels #potterywheelthrowing #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrowing #glaze #dornoch #nc500 #nc500route #ardgay #ceramics #cups