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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 49256, member: 45&quot;]It is contemporary raku studio pottery, technically called post-firing reduction.&nbsp; Since it was thrown on a potter&#039;s wheel, and glazed, it is unlikely that a Native American potter made it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although a few Native American potters are now making America raku, it is not a Native American technique.&nbsp; It is credited to American studio potter Paul Soldner, who developed the method, created glazes, and popularized raku through classes and workshops during the 1960&#039;s/early 1970&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Soldner&#039;s development of American raku was an outgrowth of his interest in and study of traditional Japanese pottery, but American raku is not to be confused with traditional Japanese Raku.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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