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horse hair raku thepubguy 08-13-2006
Posted by thepubguy on August 13, 2006, 11:51 pm
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i have an opportunity to do a raku firing with a friend and i would like to
do some firing with hair, pig hair to be exact.My pet pot belly junior has
graciously donated some for me to try.
Do I need to do anything special? any advice would be much appreciated
thanks,
thepubguy



Posted by Red Deer on August 14, 2006, 11:15 am
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thepubguy wrote:
> i have an opportunity to do a raku firing with a friend and i would like to
> do some firing with hair, pig hair to be exact.My pet pot belly junior has
> graciously donated some for me to try.
> Do I need to do anything special? any advice would be much appreciated
> thanks,
> thepubguy

Hi thepubguy,
I have only done it with horse's hair but I would think Junior's hair
would work. The only thing I could recommend is to apply it to the hot
pot with something other than your fingers, like tweezers. I've never
seen a pig's hair but I can imagine it is shorter than the horse hair
used in raku. You could really burn your fingers with the short hair.
I would also recommend applying only one or two hairs at a time because
if you just put a bunch on the pot at one time, you'll end up with a
big black spot. Good luck.

Sandi


Posted by Red Deer on August 14, 2006, 11:15 am
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thepubguy wrote:
> i have an opportunity to do a raku firing with a friend and i would like to
> do some firing with hair, pig hair to be exact.My pet pot belly junior has
> graciously donated some for me to try.
> Do I need to do anything special? any advice would be much appreciated
> thanks,
> thepubguy

Hi thepubguy,
I have only done it with horse's hair but I would think Junior's hair
would work. The only thing I could recommend is to apply it to the hot
pot with something other than your fingers, like tweezers. I've never
seen a pig's hair but I can imagine it is shorter than the horse hair
used in raku. You could really burn your fingers with the short hair.
I would also recommend applying only one or two hairs at a time because
if you just put a bunch on the pot at one time, you'll end up with a
big black spot. Good luck.

Sandi


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