Adil Abdul Ghani creates beautiful 'accidents' with rainbow raku pottery

Adil’s speciality is rainbow raku, a pottery variant sprung from the traditional Japanese low-firing raku method. — Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

Dark oil slick rainbows undulate their way across the curves and crannies of Adil Abdul Ghani’s pottery, a subtly shining glaze contrasting beautifully with the rough-finished base of each piece.

Bursts of colour splay across small, graceful vases – as if the pigment was running liquid – or wrap a large globular vase completely.