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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2864931, member: 45&quot;]The etsy link claims his work is &quot;Southwest Native American.&quot;&nbsp; But it should be noted that there is absolutely no proof that he is Native American at all.&nbsp; And if he could claim tribal affiliation, I&#039;m sure he would.&nbsp; His art work is &quot;inspired by&quot; Native American art, but can&#039;t be sold as Native American.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, despite some claims that raku is somehow related to Native American art, that also is not true.&nbsp; Paul Soldner, noted American potter, Ceramics Professor, and founder of Soldner Pottery Equipment, is credited with inventing the process in the 1960s.&nbsp; It is more accurately described as &quot;American raku&quot; or post-firing reduction, to avoid confusing with the &quot;original&quot; Raku, from Japan.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I see in one of the biographies that Stephan Roy mentions &quot;studying under&quot; Soldner.&nbsp; (So did I, if taking a workshop from him counts.)&nbsp; And probably every college student who took pottery classes in the 1970&#039;s did, as well, as did thousands of hobby potters worldwide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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