69. How to do Horse Hair Raku - with ferric chloride fumes

In this video I will show you how I do Horse Hair Raku and using Ferric Chloride to add a nice color to the pots - ranging from dark red, to orange and light yellow. I will talk about safety, how you fire your raku kiln, what temperatures to fire to, what clay to use etc. All in all - Horse Hair Raku from A to Z. Visit my Webshop at: www.demib.com Please subscribe to this YouTube channel    / @demibpottery   Follow me on Instagram to see my newest pottery:   / mikkeldemib   INDEX: 00:00 Introduction to Horse Hair Raku 00:54 Preparing to fire pots for Horse Hair Raku 01:23 Safety First! Light your raku burner the right way 02:15 Start with low presure and slow heat up 02:32 What temperature to reach for Horse Hair Raku 03:16 What clay to use for Horse Hair Raku 04:47 The tools I use for Horse Hair Raku 05:46 Safety: Use proper protection when spraying ferric chloride 06:25 Using a laser thermometer 07:00 The temperature is climbing well 07:20 Getting ready to do fuming with ferric chloride 07:43 Using a band wheel when applying horse hair 08:45 Safety: Use welding gloves when handling hot objects 09:07 Unloading the first pot from the raku kiln 09:45 Sprinkling suger on the hot pot 10:12 Applying the horse hair to the hot pot 11:58 Spraying ferric chloride on the hot pot 13:00 Unloading the second pot 13:35 Adding saw dust and suger to the pot 14:10 When to add the horse hair to the hot pot 16:20 Spraying ferric chloride 16:45 Adding saw dust and paper to the inside of the pot 18:00 Unloading the third pot 18:25 Adding saw dust and suger to the pot 19:05 Adding white horse hair to the hot pot 20:25 Spraying ferric chloride 22:00 Spraying ferric chloride at low temperature to get yellow 25:57 Cleaning the pots - removing the left over horse hair 26:39 Spraying ferric chloride at low temperature to get yellow 27:18 Making for horse hair raku pots 33:44 Will ferric chloride fuming stick well to the pot? 34:14 Raku is fragile - colors change over time 35:05 Evaluating the horse hair raku fire today 36:07 Photos of the horse hair raku pots