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desperately seeking pipenberg's copper sand recipe

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threereeds1 on wed 22 nov 06


Teri Lee,

Copper sand: R. Piepenburg

8 Gerstley Borate
2 Bone ash
1/2 Copper carbonate
1/4 Cobalt Oxide
1/8 Tin Oxide

THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE BY VOLUME

One set of instructions:

Mix the dry ingredients and save them dry.
Sprinkle or throw water on the surface and dust the powder
on the wetted pot.

I presume you know what result you are looking for there.

Please be very careful with that powder.

Be Well,
Tom King



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Subject: Desperately seeking Pipenberg's Copper Sand recipe


> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have Robert Pipenberg's raku recipe for Copper Sand? I heard
> it was in his book, but the book's out of print and I can't find a copy.
>
> Help!
>
>
>
> P.S. Vince, thanks for the terra sig advice. Things worked like a charm
> at my last firing.
>
>
>
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Helen Bates on wed 22 nov 06


Piepenburg's Copper Sand recipe was included in Frances Pusateri's post on
thu 31 aug 2000: http://www.potters.org/subject32679.htm

Raku glazes, including some Copper Sand recipes and stabilizing revisions:
http://www.ceramic-materials.com/cermat/education/113.html

Successful book searches for Robert Piepenburg's book "Raku Pottery":
http://www.amazon.com/Raku-Pottery-Robert-E-Piepenburg/dp/0962848158
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Raku_Pottery-ISBN_0962848107.html?isrc=b-search
http://www.bookfinder4u.com/detail/0962848158.html

Helen Bates
Belleville, ON, Canada
Clayarters on the Internet: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/

John Britt on wed 22 nov 06


Teri Lee,

Here is a site you may like:

http://www.garyrferguson.com/rakuglaz2.htm

Copper Sand it in there.

Hope it helps,

John Britt
www.johnbrittpottery.com

Teri Lee on wed 22 nov 06


Hello,

Does anyone have Robert Pipenberg's raku recipe for Copper Sand? I heard it was in his book, but the book's out of print and I can't find a copy.

Help!



P.S. Vince, thanks for the terra sig advice. Things worked like a charm at my last firing.



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Ivor and Olive Lewis on fri 24 nov 06


Dear Teri Lee,=20

Copper Sand. p 89, Raku Pottery, Robert Piepenberg

8 Gerstley Borate

2 Bone Ash

1/2 Copper Carbonate

1/4 Cobalt Oxide

1/8 Tin Oxide.

Must be a "Base 2" glaze.

All the best,

Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.