Medium sized hand-made Raku houses with colourful roofs.Size (red, green ,turquoise, pink) horizontal shaped house: 6cm(H) x 5.5cm(W) x 4cm(D) Approx including chimney. Size (grey, orange, lavender, yellow) vertical shaped house: 6cm(H) x 4.5cm(W) x 4cm(D) approx including chimney. PLEASE NOTE: The photos are guides and approximations only. Each piece is handmade and due to the unpredictable nature of the firing process involved colour, style and crackle finish may vary slightly. Some may come with or without steps or chimney smoke.  About the process:Raku is a traditional Japanese technique. A rustic if somewhat precarious technique using all of nature’s elements, earth, air, fire and water.The work is fired to a high temperature of almost 1000c in a gas fired kiln. It is then removed whilst still very hot and plunged into sawdust. The pieces catch fire and the carbon from the smoke infiltrates the cracks in the glaze. The pieces are then left to cool and then scrubbed clean with water. The result is a finish that is both unpredictable and beautiful.