Deborah Thuman on wed 15 nov 06
Miroslava Randova asked a number of questions about functional raku. I
will be doing some raku for the first time next semester, and I've been
told that raku cannot be used for food. Are there food safe raku
glazes? If so, are any of them available commercially? For a lot of
reasons - most of them health related - I do my best to avoid making
clay or glazes from scratch.
Thank for the info on my last raku question and for the help I'll get
on this question.
Deb
http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
Barbara Lewis on wed 15 nov 06
Deb: I don't know about functional raku, but I LOVE your tutu -- and your
blog. You are truly a "renaissance" woman. Barbara
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Subject: Functional raku
> Miroslava Randova asked a number of questions about functional raku. I
> will be doing some raku for the first time next semester, and I've been
> told that raku cannot be used for food. Are there food safe raku
> glazes? If so, are any of them available commercially? For a lot of
> reasons - most of them health related - I do my best to avoid making
> clay or glazes from scratch.
>
> Thank for the info on my last raku question and for the help I'll get
> on this question.
>
> Deb
> http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
>
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Craig Clark on wed 15 nov 06
I will emphatically state no, there are not any food safe raku
glazes, at least not of the "Western" raku style. I believe, for a
number of reasons that have been discussed at length, that anyone who
says that raku is "food safe", at least by contemporary standards, is
misinformed at best. Anyone who would indicate this is probably also
inclined to have you believe that raku glazes are somehow stable or
archival in nature. If you want a definitive primer on raku glazes
follow the link to the article written by Tom Buck. Pay attention to
what he has to say. He is a retired chemical engineer who knows of what
he speaks.
Here's the link.....http://digitalfire.com/education/glaze/buckraku.htm
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn CLark
619 East 11 1/2 St
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
Deborah Thuman wrote:
> Miroslava Randova asked a number of questions about functional raku. I
> will be doing some raku for the first time next semester, and I've been
> told that raku cannot be used for food. Are there food safe raku
> glazes? If so, are any of them available commercially? For a lot of
> reasons - most of them health related - I do my best to avoid making
> clay or glazes from scratch.
>
> Thank for the info on my last raku question and for the help I'll get
> on this question.
>
> Deb
> http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
> melpots@pclink.com.
>
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