These Raku pottery animal ornaments are fast becoming modern collectables. Just take a look at our stunning ceramic leopard animal figurines ! This big cat ornament has almond shaped eyes and a very knowing smile! Our decorative animal ornaments have their ears pricked as if listening out for prey and are in a pouncing position just in case a snack walks by...!

Raku pottery leopard decorative animal ornaments size 20cm

The ancient Japanese method of Raku firing leads itself to creating unique African inspired pottery. Each piece is removed from the gas Kiln at 950’C and placed in sawdust. The glaze crazes are blackened by the smouldering sawdust. This process is largely uncontrolled and the slight imperfections that appear in the glaze are all part of the attraction and excitement of raku firing. This works especially well with the Raku animals, as the cracks produced by the firing process, gives our collectable leopards a textured coat.