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How to Seal Raku Pottery – Can Raku be Waterproof or Food safe?

Raku pottery can look lovely. However, it is porous and fragile. The question of whether raku be waterproof has been debated for a long time. …

I’m Lesley, the creator of The Pottery Wheel. Like many people, I used the potter’s wheel at school. But then I began to focus on clay sculpture and I left the wheel behind. However, more recently, I found myself being drawn back to pottery and the potter's wheel. And so, I have tried to pick up where I left off all those years ago at school. This blog is a chronicle of what I have learned as I got back into the potter's saddle!

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