Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
CLAY Raku Firing 080115
CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Claude W. Smith III explains the Raku process to visitors.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Susan Garrison of Silver City painting a leaf for the planned tree mural in the Silver City Museum Courtyard.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Matthew Garrison, 10, holding his leaf.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Wayne Wills concentrating on painting a leaf.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Wayne Wills working on details.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Rake leaves drying on top of the kiln as it comes up to temperature.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
The tree mural that will have leaves affixed to it. Teja Clark helps with the Youth Mural Project
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Stacy Sollich of Boca Raton, Fla., in town for the CLAY Festival, helps out with the kiln.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Peg Astarita, CLAY Festival participant from Maine, paints a leaf.
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CLAY Raku Firing 080115
Bonnie Carlin, who teaches elementary art in Florida, paints her leaf.
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Saturday, Aug. 1, featured many activities connected to the CLAY Festival, which officially ended today, Aug. 2.
One of the events was a Raku firing demonstration by Claude W. Smith III, retired Western New Mexico University ceramics professor.