Christine Davis

When Christine Davis’ Raku-fired pottery juried in as an Indiana Artisan, the judges used words like, “beautiful colors,” “excellent balance,” “elegant,” and “difficult to do.”

Christine simply describes her unique pottery as wheel-thrown, Raku-fired, and all original designs. It’s an art form she discovered in the 1990s, after taking a Raku class at the Indianapolis Art Center.

Christine says Raku is an ancient firing process that raises the pottery temperature to 1,900 degrees in an hour. Raku can be a unique and challenging medium.

“The glowing pot is removed from the kiln and placed in a reduction can filled with combustibles. This reduction phase gives the colors of coppers, greens and blues. Black is achieved by the smoke,” she says.

While Christine leaves the colors to the whims of the Raku god, the self-employed artist masters the designs with a personal expression that’s quite sophisticated and elegant, especially certain pieces with a tooled leather look.

Christine received her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, and also attended Purdue University. She is a founding member of Art in Hand, a cooperative gallery formed in 2000.