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Low Temperature
and Raku Glazes
(below 1000°C)

Tim Proud's Black Raku Glaze
Submitted by	Janet Jackson
Recipe	Lead Bisilicate 90 Alkaline Frit 20 Copper Carbonate 4 Cobalt Carbonate 3 Red Iron Oxide 4 Bentonite 3
Formula
Application and Firing	Apply by brush or pouring - useful in combination with other glazes. A bright lusterous black with heavy or light post firing reduction.
Credits etc	Tim Proud

Tony Foard's White Raku Glaze
Submitted by	Tony Foard
Recipe	Borax frit (Potterycrafts P2955) 95 China clay 5 Tin oxide 5
Formula
Application and Firing	This is the white crackle glaze that I use on the insides of most of my raku bowls.
Credits etc	Potters tip - A good way of measuring small amounts of glaze if you only have a rudimentary set of scales and weights that are not small enough is to get £1 worth of pennies and use them as weights.

Blue-Black Lustre (Raku)
Submitted by	Angela Howe
Recipe	Calcium Borate frit 80 Borax frit 80 China clay 30 Tin oxide 10 Cobalt 6 Red iron oxide 8 Coper carbonate 10
Formula
Application and Firing
Credits etc	This is based on an nameless recipe I found on the Web and messed around with!

Raku slip-resist
Submitted by	Nichola Hanman
Recipe	Gerstly Borate 35 Frit 3110 65
Formula
Application and Firing	Make a slip from 60% China clay, 40% flint. Mix to a full cream milk consistency and sieve five or six times. Apply to work at least 24 hours before glaze application. The glaze should be mixed to consistency of cream to liquid yoghurt. Fired to correct temp when the glaze has an "orange peel" effect.
Credits etc	Slip: Dave Roberts Glaze: Bill and Kate Jacobson Both from from Fired Up with Raku by Irene Poulton

Clear Raku glaze
Submitted by	Susan Neal
Recipe	Gerstly Borate 50 High Alkaline Frit 50 China clay 10
Formula
Application and Firing	This is a clear base glaze. Add oxides for colour. Take out of kiln when bubbling in glaze smoothes out to a shiny surface, hold in air for short time then reduce in sawdust or paper.
Credits etc	Janet Lundie