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Raku Glaze Recipes
The late Harold McWhinnie stated that all raku glazes are relatively simple formulations, but even when working with a few recipes that are similar in composition, it is possible to come up with variations that are very exciting. In this section, you’ll find raku glaze recipes and articles on how to tweak them to come up with great results. Experienced raku firing potters and ceramic artists will explain how to make a raku glaze recipes work for you. And don't forget to download your free copy of the 2008 Ceramic Workshop Handbook: Clay Tools and Ceramic Studio Reference . This handy studio reference includes valuable technical references and great clay tools to help you with forming, surface decoration and firing. Plus, it has a comprehensive directory of manufacturers and suppliers that provide ceramic equipment, raw materials, clay tools and ceramic supplies.
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August 3, 2009
Do you Raku? Ten Tried and True Raku Glaze Recipes Available for Download
Today we present a sample recipe from our newest free download, Ten Tried and True Raku Glaze Recipes: Recipe Cards for our Favorite Raku Pottery Glazes.
July 29, 2009
Get the raku recipe for White Opaque Gloss glaze.
July 15, 2009
Get the recipe for Ferguson's White Crackle Raku Glaze.
May 20, 2009
Get the recipes for Copper Matt and White Crackle raku glazes.
April 17, 2009
Raku Firing Video: Playing with Fire - Making and Raku Firing a Slab Built Vase
In today's pottery video, potter Gordon Hutchens makes a slab-built vase form and then takes us through raku firing it. Plus, we've posted some of Gordon's raku glaze recipes and washes for overglaze decoration.
December 2, 2008
Get the raku glaze recipe for Hasselle Copper Matt.
October 22, 2008
That Looks Fishy: Diana Pittis’ Raku Glaze Recipes
In a previous feature, Diana Pittis shared the innovations she made to her raku firing technique to make firing her fish sculptures as efficient and successful as possible. Check it out here to see her specially fabricated firing tongs and the raku cradle she made for her fish. Today, we bring you her glaze recipes and decorating techniques for acheiving realistic-looking surfaces. Through trial and error, she has come up with a way to stay true to the form she is trying to replicate. It looks fishy to me!
September 17, 2008
Get the raku recipe for Riggs Terra Sigillata.
September 3, 2008
Get the raku glaze recipe for Kansas State White Slip.
August 15, 2008
Get the recipe for Alligator Matt White Raku Glaze.
