"Things I Found On the Beach" Series
Hand-Built Beach Pit-Fired Ceramic Sculptures
by Sara Owen
This is a series of sculptures created for her Master's Degree Final project. These sculptures, based on her original drawings, were created from clay and fired in pits that she made on the beach. Click on the picture or the link above to see the series or click here to read more about the process.
Raku is a Japanese firing technique. A glazed piece is fired quickly then, while while red hot, buried in a combustible material. This process darkens the clay and brings out metallic colors and cracks on the glazed surface. Click on the picture to see Deena's work or click here to read more about the process.