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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 229852, member: 45&quot;]Just to be clear, the term &quot;American raku&quot; refers to the technique, not necessarily the country of origin.&nbsp; That&#039;s possibly why it&#039;s often shortened to simply &quot;raku,&quot; despite the confusion between that and traditional Japanese Raku pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul Soldner worked with Hamada, Leach, Cardew, and most of the other noted studio potters of the 1960s up until the time of his death in 2011.&nbsp; He taught workshops on raku all over the world.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The same can be said of Michael Cardew, who was Bernard Leach&#039;s first apprentice, but who spent most of his life teaching, primarily in Africa, but also in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>So where an item is found may be a clue to its identification, but not necessarily conclusive evidence that it is where it originated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some good web sites about raku are the official Soldner site: <a href="http://www.paulsoldner.com/man/man_main.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paulsoldner.com/man/man_main.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulsoldner.com/man/man_main.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An article written by Soldner himself:</p><p><a href="http://www.paulsoldner.com/essays/American_Raku.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paulsoldner.com/essays/American_Raku.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulsoldner.com/essays/American_Raku.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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