New Free Resource for Ceramic Artists and Educators

Online, November 24, 2009 (Newswire.com) - For Immediate Release:

Westerville, OH, November 24, 2009. Ceramic Arts Daily, a blog and website serving active potters, ceramic artists, and ceramic arts educators worldwide, announces the release of an exciting free resource: Successful Tips and Techniques for Raku Firing: How to Select Raku Clays, Glazes, Kilns and Combustibles. This free download is an excellent resource for ceramic art educators and artists interested in trying this expressive and compelling firing method.

Raku firing is expressive, exciting and fun. Whether you're raku firing in your own studio or taking part in a group raku firing at a school, workshop or community center, raku offers many thrills and rewards. How cool is it it to take a red-hot piece out of a kiln, see the molten glaze and hear the pings from the thermal shock. Oh, and then there's the flames! Who can resist the flames? Successful Tips and Techniques for Raku Firing: How to Select Raku Clays, Glazes, Kilns and Combustibles is a great resource for ceramic artists and educators who wish to bring this excitement into their studios or classrooms.

Successful Tips and Techniques for Raku Firing includes:

Tips for Successful Raku Firing
While many achieve consistent results, many potters as well as students have been unhappy with their raku attempts. Here is a rundown of the basics needed for success at firing raku.

Raku Pottery Clay
When deciding on a suitable raku pottery clay, your chances for success increase with bodies specifically formulated or adjusted for the raku pottery process. This guide will help potters choose the right clay.

What's a Raku Glaze
A raku glaze doesn't have to be doesn't have to be a glaze specifically designed for raku. The key to success is understanding the raku firing process and the ability to predict how a particular glaze reacts to that process.

Buying a Raku Kiln
Here's a biref overview of what potters need to know to buy the raku kiln that works for them.

How to Build a Portable Raku Kiln
Find out how to build a low-cost, sturdy, lightweight, efficient and safe raku kiln made from readily found materials.

Finding the Right Combustibles for Raku Firing
Here's how to test for leaves, grass and other natural combustibles for raku firing.

About Ceramic Arts Daily:
Ceramic Arts Daily is a free online website and newsletter written and produced for the benefit of potters and ceramic artists worldwide. The newsletter features both renowned and emerging artists, their work, techniques and artistic perspectives. Regular features include tips and techniques designed to help every artist expand their skill set and widen their artistic horizons. Ceramic Arts Daily also delivers video tips, in which potters and ceramic artists demonstrate various projects and processes. Think of them as e-workshops!

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