Raku with Lucas and Brennan Pincer-Flynn

Please join us for our monthly raku workshop with Lucas and Brennan Pincer-Flynn! 

We have several different raku techniques available to explore, including a selection of raku glazes to be used alongside post-firing reduction, as well as options for naked raku, alcohol reduction, horse hair raku (BYOHS: bring your own horse hair*) and obvara, a.k.a. Baltic raku.

Baltic raku is done by pulling pieces out of the kiln while they are still hot and dunking them quickly in the obvara mixture, which is made from water, flour, yeast, and sugar. Finally, the pieces are quenched in water to seal the effect onto the surface. The result is pottery with beautiful patterns in creamy tans, browns, and blacks. 

Bring your bisqueware! Each participant can bring up to 5 pieces averaging  6” x 6” x 6”. Groggy clay tends to hold up better to thermal shock, so we recommend using a body with substantial grog or raku clay. Our house reclaim clay is another great option!

This workshop is capped at 10 people. Make sure to sign up before it sells out! We can’t wait to see you at the raku firing!

*feathers and sugar are other combustibles you can bring for different effects on the surface

Lucas Pincer-Flynn:

I am a ceramic sculptor born and raised on the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil. My sculptures are ways for me to connect with myself, my culture and my ancestors.  I hand build creatures and dreamscapes inspired by nature, folklore and altered states of consciousness. I believe dreams are beautiful portraits of moving transitions, and I use this state as inspiration in my practice. My work is directly connected to my queer and non binary trans identity, questioning the idea of identity as permanent and embracing transitions. I believe that transitions are sacred, and don't need to move in a straight line, but can exist in a perpetual spiral, ever changing and expanding.

Brennan Pincer-Flynn:

To live by the flame is to die by the flame, and that is the lonely path humans have walked ever since Prometheus descended from Mt. Olympus, surreptitiously bearing a stolen flame from the gods contained within a single reed. We all know Prometheus’s punishment for this rebellion against the status quo: eternally chained to a rock, devoured ceaselessly by an eagle. Can humanity escape a similar fate? That is the question of our time.

Brennan Pincer-Flynn is a process-driven artist who uses the medium of ceramics to question assumptions about materiality and immateriality, creation and destruction. Working in close collaboration with the element of fire, every piece is in conversation with the ancestors, the gods, and the sublime.

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Cancellations made 4 or more days before the start of the class will be refunded. For cancellations made fewer than 4 full days, but more than 24 hours before the start time, a 50% refund or 50% credit toward another class or workshop will be issued. We cannot provide refunds or credits for cancellations or rescheduling requests made fewer than 24 hours before the start time of class, if you miss your class, or arrive too late to participate.