Raku Fired Turquoise Blue Green Copper Bottle

Hand thrown elegant bottle made by Chris Hawkins 
A bottle with detailed neck, it is a deep blue green turquoise with stunning copper lustre licking around the bottle showing where the flame has reduced the glaze to bring out the stunning copper colours, it is a shiny glaze.
20.5cm Tall x 10.5cm wide
Raku fired in rich turquoise glaze with copper lustre Raku finish, it is fired in a small gas fired kiln and taken out at temperatures around 1,000 degrees centigrade.  It is held in the air for a few moments waiting for the ping of the glaze starting to craze, once this happens it is very quickly covered in sawdust and buried to allow the pot to cool slowly and absorb the smoke created from the sawdust igniting once the red hot pot is placed onto it.
When it has cooled the pot is uncovered and the smoky carbon layer is scrubbed off to show the deep rich turquoise and, if you are lucky, flashes of copper lustre.
Each pot is totally different and unique.
RAKU IS NOT SUITABLE FOR FOOD OR WATER. 
TO PRESERVE THE LUSTRE EFFECT KEEP OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT & DAMP AREAS
 IT IS NOT FROST-PROOF AND SHOULD NOT BE KEPT OUTSIDE.