In This Issue

* While the Smoke Clears – Labor Day & Hard Drive Crash
* Copper and Crackle
* Piepenburg Patina - Which Recipe is Correct?
* When in Japan...
* Wet Blanket or just call the Fire Department
* Raku Links
* Workshops - Arizona 
* Pottery Business Available - Utah
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Diane writes:
"How do you get nice metallic and white crackle on the same 
piece? We find that the metallic colors are best if the 
piece goes into the reduction can as fast as possible but 
that the white crackle doesn't crackle unless it sits 
outside for a couple of minutes before reduction. 
Any ideas? We use fairly common recipes for tin can, copper 
sand, Piepenburg patina etc." 

This is a good question and some tips for this combination 
were covered in the following Just Raku issues:
http://www.garyrferguson.com/issues/jr15.htm

http://www.garyrferguson.com/issues/jr16.htm

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