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raku recipes - as promised

updated tue 31 dec 96

 

Jaine & George on fri 27 dec 96

To all of you, a happy and healthy new year, and especially for Gary,
Louise, and everyone else who asked, some raku recipes:

* Del Favero Lustre *
4000 Gerstley Borate
1000 Cornwall Stone
100 Copper Carb

* Soldner Red *
200 Colemanite or Gerstley Borate
200 Borax
40 Copper
40 Rutile

* Alkaline Blue *
700 Frit 3110
50 Colemanite or Gerstley Borate
100 Flint
100 Soda Ash - well ground
50 EPK
30 Copper Carb

* White (well clear, actually) Crackle *
65 Gerstley Borate
20 Neph Sy
5 EPK
10 Flint

* Copper Matte *
10 Frit 3110
90 Copper Carb

* Great Metalic Red *
63 Gerstley Borate
12 Custer Spar
12 Flint
6 Ball Clay Om #4
6 Barium (oh, no) carb
then add 12% Copper Carb

Enjoy,
Jaine in Cresskill