Product Description

The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan, where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and adapted the methods, celebrating the remarkable but unpredictable results achieved using raku techniques. The author, who has specialized in raku for over twenty years, considers the origins of raku before offering over 300 glaze recipes. A selection of other potters also share their ideas, and with one hundred photographs of raku-fired pieces, "Fired Up with Raku" offers inspiration to all potters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #251368 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Irene Poulton was born in the UK but has lived in Australia for nearly thirty years. She studied ceramics at Carine College of TAFE and was hooked when attending a raku workshop by Jeff Mincham. Irene has concentrated on raku for over twenty years and has gained a BA in Visual Arts from the Edith Cowan University in Perth. She exhibits her work in both Australia and the USA. She represented Western Australia at the prestigious Biennale Dell'Arte Contemporanea Internazionale in Florence in 2003.

Customer Reviews

Intersting and Informative yet dated
This very interesting and informative guide to various Raku techniques is concise, well illustrated and bursting with glaze and effects recipes. If one is looking for ways to achieve those special Raku results, well worth having. There is however one oversight, very many of the glaze recipes call for the use of 'Gerstley Borate', this mined mineral has not been available for some years now and the substitutes often fall short of expectations. An alternative for Gerstley Borate 'preferred' by the author, as a recipe, would have been welcome.