Introduction
We are Ine Knops-Tillie ( born in 1956 ) and Ed Knops ( born in 1953 ). We live in Sevenum a village which is situated in the south of the Netherlands. We have both worked in education, but have been working with clay on a full-time basis since 1993.
Nowadays our work mainly consists of:
- experimenting with raku and variations on this method to invent new techniques
- doing workshops, teaching raku ( variations )
- writing books, shooting films about raku ( variations )
- selling raku related material.
Hope to see you soon!
The Rakuvaria team: Ine, Ed, Pieter, Sanjeevani & Irèsha
News
Workshops and demos at home and abroad
April 21 and 22: Vechta ( Germany ) www.kalkspatz.de June 1 and 2: Malmö ( Sweden ) www.sebex.se June 8 and 9: Kopenhagen ( Denmark ) www.cerama.dk June 15 and 16: Sorring ( Denmark ) www.cerama.dk June 22 and 23: Nøtterøy / Oslo ( Norway ) www. Altforkeramikk.no September 1 and 2: Saarbrücken ( Germany ): www.tonim..
New booklet: Extreme firing techniques
A new booklet! "extreme firing techniques" For a year we experimented with the "rakuvaria extrem" clay. In this booklet you will find 80 pages of inspiration for working with special firing techniques: Raku firing in the raku kiln without biscuit firing first Yes, even raku firing, also with glaze, in a open fire, so without a raku kiln is possible! Freshly made work firing within 3 hours ..
Raku kiln!
Our new super-efficient rakukiln! After a lot of experimenting we have now a raku kiln: which weighs only 14 kg which is insulated with high quality human friendly "superwool" insulation blanket which consumes 30% less gas by the use of our special kiln shelf wherein you can fire a work of max. 30 x 30 x 30 cm height with which you can firing for 18 times with 1 normal propane cylinder wi..
