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Earthfire

Address:

29 Estmil Rd, . Dieprivier

Telephone:

+27 21 715 3698

Fax:

+27 21 712 8935

Description

The play of light on a mountain stream, the small details that lurk in every natural surface from bark to oxidizing metal - this is the story we strive to tell with every glaze finish. There is a perfect pot for every decor, whether you want a bold splash or an understated presence. The handmade building and glazing process ensures that no two pots are alike, small birthmarks are the norm and simply add to the character of your firepot.

Keywords

Maintenance, Safety, Glazing, Manufactures, Bbq, Productions, Cappuccino, Pewter, Fires, Oxidizing Metal, Ceiling Plate, Handmade Building, Glaze Finish, Pizza Oven, Blue Raku, Italian Style Pizzas, Black Raku, Handy Portable Braai, Green Raku, Deep Red, Wood-Fired Pizza’S, Firepot, African Earth, Studio Environment, White Raku

Company description

A Japanese technique of gas firing adds "fire magic" and unpredictability to these handmade fireplaces. Rapidly brought to 1000oC, the fireplaces are immediately removed from the kiln and plunged into wood shavings while still glowing. They are then doused with water while still at about 750oC, withstanding thermal shock many times more violent than will be incurred during everyday use. Raku is traditionally confined to the studio environment, only the special claybody makes raku possible on this scale. Earthfire, along with Hotart, manufacture the only such raku production items in the world!
The elemental nature of the raku process makes every pot as unique as a finger print. Our glazes are not colour pigments, they are metallic deposits caused by reduction (oxygen starvation during firing) of a metal oxide. Immersion in sawdust has the effect of even more unpredictable reduction as well as imprinting carbon in all the surface hairline crackle of the shock-cooled glaze.