I was told this is a Raku ceramic piece when I gifted myself with it several years ago. I envisioned a heart paperweight collection. So far I have two, not much of a collection, smile. This is for the February Word of "gift" today, I thought the heart was perfect for February.
Very nice! I'm used to seeing darker Raku glazes so the gold is throwing me off a little. I'm no expert on ceramics though so I'll just admire its sheen!
@olivetreeann The outside edge of the piece has the shiny grey look of Raku, it's a beautiful blue on the reverse side. If it is Raku, it's not done in the usual random way of exploding color! I'm like you, I love it anyway.
@alijchapman@rookynook Thank you for your nice comments! @stray_shooter Raku is the Japanese word for "happiness by accident", such a lovely word. It is a unique glaze process for ceramic pieces, in a very random way. (Hard to explain really). I've just about talked myself out of the notion that this is a Raku piece but I love it anyway. Thank you for the nice compliment.
This is beautiful and quite likely Raku (though typically it would have more black.) The result in coloration comes about when the heated piece is set into a pit of "anything combustible", paper, leaves, sticks, etc. This results in random coloration which, to my eye, is always lovely because of its imprecision. @stray_shooter FYI, Ron
