Raku Favorites

A simple heart with twisted bottom. Encased raku base, then etched.

Encased raku, squeezed & sharded. I love these beads!

Same as before, different view. I call them clackers because of the sound they make when they brush up against each other.

Another encased & sharded raku based bead. A nice, hefty sized lentil.

Spirals are one of my favorite shapes! So I thought, why not make them in raku? Here they are encased, and showing pastel shades of blue, green, pink, & purple.

A set of encased raku nuggets, with a watercolor effect.

This set really displays the wide range of colors that can be obtained from raku. This set is also encased.

Lots of texture - lots of color! Pure & simple raku base encased in a spiral pattern.

Just a different view of the whirlies.

This one has lots of depth - reminds me of seaweed gracefully flowing with the current.

A big one with lots of color & texture!

Another view of the focal.

Sharded Raku Lentils with a painterly effect, all encased for extra sparkle and depth.

This was one of my favorite beads! Just raku & clear.

Another heart focal with a base of pure raku cane encased in clear, plus a lustre shard

A fun mixture of shapes, all made with raku & clear.

Just another view of the casserole.

A copper dragonfly hovers above a base of softly muted raku colors. Encased in clear.

This one reminds me of the planet Jupiter. It's got a ring of silver mesh around it.

This is what I think Venus should look like - also with a ring of silver mesh.

Many pastel tones emerged this time, enhanced by the clear spiral encasing.

More pastel spirals, all encased

An encased raku focal that's just plain beachy!