Techniques Used in Creation
We know how hard you work on your projects. We understand the love and care and time and expense that is invested in your projects. We make our pins, bowls and other pieces to be worthy your work. Like your work,
each of our pieces is a unique work of art.
obvara
"Fermented ceramics is a 4-6 centuries old ceramics technology where the glass-like glaze enriched with metal oxides is replaced by rye-flour yeast."
The process starts out with a slurry that reminds one of stale beer and ends up smelling like a lovely LickinFlames bread.
saggar
"A SAGGAR is a fireclay container, usually oval or round, used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven."
Of course at LickinFlames we don't do anything like it was originally intended to be done.
carbon painting
Carbon Painting with feathers and horsehair are dramatic techniques. We use a variety of feathers but where LickinFlames gets the horsehair is just too cool.
raku
Raku in its Eastern form would be a simple technique, closely associated with Zen and tea ceremonies. However, this is not the same raku that we use at LickinFlames.
Lickinflames is known for making special yarn bowls, shawl pins and closures along with a line of mugs, plates and wall decor. Lickinflames is proud of it's 45 year history of making pottery using raku, obvara and feather decorations. The beautiful patterns created by saggar firing, especially tin foil saggar simply fascinating. All the work is handmade using stoneware clay.