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Raku Ceramics
TECHNICAL  STATEMENT by Ronald D. Patterson

The western style of Raku has changed greatly in the last 40 years. The glazes are copper based and have a wide temperature range. My Raku glazes are fast fired in a small gas kiln and when the glazes melt the pots are pulled out and put into buckets with sawdust. Copper is green in nature, but when the red hot pots are put into the buckets with a tight fitting lid, all the oxygen is used up by the fire that is created. The pots all turn a copper penny color inside the bucket. By letting in small amounts of oxygen as the pots cool, this facilitates the glaze in wanting to return back to the color green. The colors achieved in Raku are all the colors between copper and green. I have developed a technique where I use two different glazes which melt at different temperatures. I have found this combination much more conducive to a beautiful pallet of color.

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