Isotope Icon #1:.....................

........."Radioactive Child of the Half-Life Madonna".   5-inches x 7-inches x 2.5-inches.  Raku ceramic elements mounted on a wooden panel.

Cthulhu Crow-Kin.....................

..........finished. Cold finish (acrylic/wax).

Alternative kiln construction........

The kiln under full fire (around 1700F).

approaching the magic point of 1850-degrees F

.........finished.  31-gallon trash can with 1-inch 8# ceramic fiber.  Double-thickness on the floor and lid of the kiln.  The heat source is a Harbor Freight weed burner hooked up to a 20# tank at the moment.

The initial raku fire went well - about 45 minutes to reach 1850F (taking it slowly).  Nothing melted nor caught on fire.  Now the fun begins.

Raku sculpture...................

....and bowl.  Trying for a geological look.....an origin of material.  Copper sand raku glaze with heavy reduction.  Fired to 1850F. 

The bowl exterior also had a first layer of red iron/frit wash.

Cthulhu Rises!..........................

......in several guises......the top - the Crow-Kin Cthulhu, the bottom, your basic primitive Cthulhu idol......constructed of earthenware clay.  Both are in the first stages of sculpting.  Roughly 6-7 inches high.

Newest Garden Totem........

......the last of summer I suspect.  Found a lovely cobalt blue glaze.  3-feet high.  Available @ the Gallery at Ten Oaks.

Raku bowl.............

.....Piepenburg patina.   About 6-inches in diameter.