Microwave Raku Mushrooms - The Pottery Studio Tauranga
Sun, 21 Jun
|The Pottery Studio
Unleash your creativity with this unique flaming pottery experience! Try raku microwave firing small mushrooms and take home your finished piece the same day.
Time & Location
21 Jun 2026, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm NZST
The Pottery Studio, 58 Tenth Avenue, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand
Guests
About the event
Microwave Raku Pottery - Fast, exciting, and super fun!
What is Raku?
Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls.
The Western version of raku was developed in the 20th century by studio potters. Typically wares are fired at a high temperature, and after removing pieces from the kiln, the wares are placed in an open-air container filled with combustible material giving a great variety of colors and surface effects, making it very popular with studio and amateur potters.
What is Microwave Raku?
Microwave Raku allows you to fire small-scale pottery in minutes using a specialized Microwave Kiln and a standard kitchen microwave. The process involves preheating the glazed pot inside the kiln until it glows, then moving it to a reduction chamber filled with combustibles to trap carbon and create vibrant, metallic…
Tickets
One person
Sale ends
20 Jun, 11:50 pm NZST
If booking in a child (under 16 years) : You must accompany your child for this workshop - we are all about learning together!
$75.00
+$1.88 ticket service fee
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