51. Raku and Pitfire Workshop

Every second year (when not hit by Corona lock-downs) we have a big Raku & Pitfire Festival with workshops, training and a lot of testings and good time with like minded ceramic artists. This time I was invited to have a workshop about pitfire. In this video I will show some of all the great things we did at the Raku and Pitfire workshops. Please subscribe to this YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DP_AX19jVNFA5JN6W9vbg?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Instagram to see my newest pottery: https://www.instagram.com/mikkeldemib/ Visit my Webshop at: www.demib.com INDEX: 00:00 Welcome to the Raku & Pitfire Festival 01:00 Setting up the festival 01:24 Information about the location 02:40 Setting up the Pitfire Barrels 02:48 A new Pitfire Barrel - with a chimney 04:17 Raku & Pitfire exhibition 05:22 First day of the Raku and Pitfire events 05:52 Preparing for the Pitfire fire 06:16 Preparing the Pitfire Barrels 06:41 Packing up all the pottery with color materials 08:54 Packing the oil drums with pottery - ready to fire 09:44 Fire the Pitfire 11:08 Maintaining the Pitfire Fire 12:14 Saggar fire in a Raku kiln 13:59 Getting better draft in the Pitfire kiln with the chimney 14:48 Time to relax 15:45 Flash Fire 16:42 Copper Matte reduction 17:25 The Pitfire Oil Drums are ready to close up 13:37 The third day 22:50 Unloading the Pitfire kilns 25:22 The end of the Raku & Pitfire event