raku today
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Raku Today
• Raku has been westernized.
• The process is not the same process that was used in Japan
• The process used today involves a kiln that is fired until it reaches a certain temperature then the pieces are pulled out and put in reduction mode.
Western Raku
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmyXJQfdSgI&feature=related
Paul Soldner
• Developed what is known today as “American Raku”
• Started out as a pre-med student but after serving as a medic in World War two he came back with an interest in photography
• He then got a bachelors degree from Bluffton College.
Paul Soldner
• Paul then went to Univ. of Colorado in Boulder to get his Art Administration
• There he was introduced to ceramics
• He then taught for eight years before deciding to become a potter.
• He then earned his MFA at Los Angeles County Art Institute and was Peter Voulkos's first student
• After graduating he taught at Scripps College
• He was also known for the “low temperature salt firings”
• His raku technique came about by chance after a demonstration on Japanese raku failed. Soldner realized that he was more interested in the technique of raku then the tradition of it.
• He continued to experiment with this technique which led to what is known as western raku today.
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