September  2006    Issue #42
Published by
Gary R. Ferguson – Raku Artist
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* 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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* Wet Blanket or just call the fire department

After the smoke reduction techniques discussed in the last 
issue http://www.garyrferguson.com/issues/jr41.htm I had a 
few more ideas suggested.

Several readers mentioned the use of wet towels or sheets 
over the lidded can. I had known the technique of using wet 
paper or towels in the lid of the reduction can that would 
help seal the lid. But with this technique the lid is put 
on the reduction chamber normally and then wet blankets or 
sheets are placed over the closed reduction chamber. The 
wet blankets act as a huge smoke filter. You will want to 
make sure your blankets are really really wet so they don't 
catch on fire.

Another reader suggested:
"Just tell them you're a BBQ or meat smoking fanatic. You 
can also just tell them you're a Raku artist and you have 
everything under control: lots of water, fire extinguisher, 
buckets of sand and you have the fire department on speed 
dial on your cell if needed. My neighbors are a nosy lot, 
always trying to peer over my fence to see where the smell 
is coming from. One joker threatened to call the fire 
marshal on me. I told then to go ahead since he is standing 
right next to me pulling a pot from the kiln. I got the 
firehouse to come and inspect my works and they got really 
interested and wanted to learn the Raku process, so I 
invited them over when they had time off to come and play 
in the fire with me."

An addition thought would be to invite the "nosy" neighbor 
over as well and have them fire a pot to take home. I'll 
bet they won't complain any longer either. 

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