{"id":647,"date":"2014-12-07T16:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-02-15T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T16:46:58","slug":"raku-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/07\/raku-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Raku Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>People ask me if I am ever bored when I do things they find tedious. I would suggest to someone like Oscar Levant that they REALLY pay attention and their boredom would be dispelled.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;\">?I never go to concerts anymore. If the artist is good, I?m jealous. If he isn?t, I?m bored.??? -Oscar Levant<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PSX_20141207_104015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-656\" title=\"Raku\" src=\"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PSX_20141207_104015-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">The Japanese character &#8220;Raku&#8221; is a beating drum, and suggests the idea of rhythm, happiness and pleasure. ?So Raku Loop for ?Theremin wouldn&#8217;t be a bad idea but I doubt that it would catch on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">For my silk strings, I will need to provide a &#8220;filler&#8221; to make them smooth, and be sure my adhesive stays intact, yet flexible. ?I am looking at a montmorillonite clay. An idea offered about &#8220;Moonstone&#8221; (or feldspar!) would not seem far off, except for its thixotropic properties. A much finer microcrystalline clay should be better for this purpose. Montmorillonite clays have almost organic properties and can form polymers. I am looking at Grolleg clay, that I am very familiar with as a porcelain clay, for my strings. It will provide a smooth, flexible surface. The natural PVA compound that I have been exploring is the perfect adhesive, I believe.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People ask me if I am ever bored when I do things they find tedious. I would suggest to someone like Oscar Levant that they REALLY pay attention and their boredom would be dispelled. ?I never go to concerts anymore. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/07\/raku-music\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lpkaster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}