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Raku Rods Sample Beads and Working Tips
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This bead was made with a vintage black core and solid
raku rod encasement. Every color you see came from the
raku- there is no black at the surface of this bead. Vetrofond clear dots were added for
magnification. Bead by
JZHglass |
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Raku rods on ivory |
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This bead was made as a test of no tools raku work. It
is simply a disk bead with
raku rod dots melted in on
vintage black and rounded out. I did blow on it to
cool. There is no clear used on this bead. |
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Chaga - solid Raku |
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Solid raku with clear dots |
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Raku flowers on clear core beige vessel |
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Raku core with clear swirls and dots |
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Working Tips
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To bring out the color heat raku until
white hot, then cool it quickly using brass, blowing
or even a can of compressed air
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Brass seems to be the best to cool
raku quickly- try touching it to different parts of
the bead for interesting variations in color
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Encasing raku brings out the color
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Keeping your brass in ice water will
chill the bead faster and keep the brass from absorbing
too much heat to be helpful
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