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Alternative letter-case form of Raku
Examples of raku in a Sentence
But the term raku-yaki did not come into use until the close of the century, when Chjiro (artistic name, Choryu) received from Hideyoshi (the TaikO) a seal bearing the ideograph raku, with which he thenceforth stamped his productions.
The raku faience owed much of its popularity to the patronage of the tea clubs.
He took for his models the raku faience of KiOto, the masterpieces of Ninsei and Kenzan, the rococc wares of Korea, the enamelled porcelain of China, and the blue-andwhite ware of Delft.
Its only notable production of a ceramic character was the work of Miura Kenya (1830-1843), who followed the methods of the celebrated Haritsu (I 6881704) of KiOto in decorating plain or lacquered wood with mosaics of raku faience having colored glazes.
Current Work Raku and smoke fired figurative ceramics and bowls.
In 1997 I began a change of direction to figurative work and raku firing.
The piece is then fired again in a raku kiln to a point where the glaze has melted enough to form a brittle skin.
During college years worked with a number of potters in France and Ireland making raku and earthenware.
I now make mainly multi-coloured slipware, but still enjoy making oxidized stoneware, and Raku.
Artists worked with local schoolchildren to create tea bowls for a raku firing later in the year.
Staff will publish two books this year on philosophy and art theory and one on raku ceramics.
In many tourist shops you will see these quirky glasses, standing proud on their little raku pottery feet.
Since 1986 she has made individual salt glazed stoneware and the occasional raku pot for fun.