Palma Yanni's RAKU Commission

June 11, 2004 - AILA Party at Palma's pad. Palma gave one vase to each of the officers.  It was great for me to see them unwrapped by their new owners.  Everyone seemed to really like them.

Vases from the May 8th firing

Vases from the April 26 firing

 

 

  

Vases from March 30

May 8, 2004 - We fired another 4 pots. These had fisishes in blue and green.
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 


 


 
 

 

 
         
         

May 4, Applying the latex for the palms, getting ready for another firing.
 

Finished product from the April 26th firing
 

April 26, 2004 - Lisa fired 4 pieces


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 
April 11, 2004 - Lisa Yanni "This time I over cooked the raku, because last time the glazes didn't melt even though the kiln was at cone 06 and the cone had melted. So this time I kept going until all the glaze had smoothed out, but Parker's white came out sort of dark.  It's still pretty nice though." 
 
"I retested two glazes that I tested before (numbers 2 and 3, which are fat white and basic white crackle.)  Last time the fat white didn't melt.  It looks like white paint.  This time I put it on two flower pots and they both came out pretty nice.  Both have nice crackle.  The fat white actually ran a little but that's because I went to cone 04. As I pulled the pot off the shelf, a sticky mass was attached to the pot and the shelf, and I thought at first was melted latex, and then I realized that it was the glaze itself.  It hardened as I lifted the piece out of the kiln, and shattered."
 

 


Parkers white before


side by side


Parker's white after


Fat white & Basic white before


Fat white & Basic white after


Shamrock in fat whit pot


3/29

3/29/04 - The picture on the right are the vases bisque'd and on the right with the palms waxed on.


3/30


3/16

3/16/04 - Lisa has a commission from her sister Palma to do 7 unique vases for a presentation this summer. Here she is testing glazes on March 16. They all didn't work exactly the way she wanted, so she is going to make another test batch.


3/16


Fat White


Medium White


Fat White


Basic White



Fat White Before



Fat White After



Medium White Before



Medium White After
       


Fat White Before


Fat White After


Basic White Before


Basic White After