Raku Mask of Golds, Greens, Coppers, and Blues

Raku Mask by Marty Kiser

Just out of the Raku kiln in mid-August, 2011.  This amazing mask shimmers with golds, coppers, greens, blues, even translucent violet colors.  The pictures show it from different angles and in both sunlight and indoor light.

The photographs do not do the piece justice, as in reality it appears different according to angle, lighting, or distance.  The actual mask is even more beautiful than we could show you here. Those areas in the photographs that appear flat or matted are actually layers of glossy glaze colors.

The nature of Raku is such that the unglazed clay body is black and the glazed areas contrast dramatically with the naked clay body.  It is fired quickly, allowed to smoulder in a combustion chamber containing sawdust, then plunged into a vat of water to stop the firing process and allow the piece to be handled.

The colors change for about three hours as the piece cools.  Raku is a traumatic and risky method of firing, so a piece such as this that survives is both unique and rare.

Buying information in our Gallery Shoppe will appear shortly.  It is for sale now in our Sculpture Gallery on Yessy. This sculpture has been sold!

Feel free to Contact Marty for more information about this piece, and other Kiser Art.

More images ow:

Raku Mask Slideshow

This image is of an original Colored Pencil drawing on colored Cansen paper.

You can purchase a giclee of this print here in our Shoppe or from our gallery on Yessy.com