Raku Ceramics by Mediterranean Interiors

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Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It is traditionally characterised by being hand-shaped rather than thrown, fairly porous vessels, which result from low firing temperatures, lead glazes and the removal of pieces from the kiln while still glowing hot. In the traditional Japanese process, the fired raku piece is removed from the hot kiln and is allowed to cool in the open air. The Western version of raku was developed in the 20th century by studio potters. Typically wares are fired at a high temperature, and after removing pieces from the kiln, the wares are placed in an open-air container filled with combustible material, which is not a traditional Raku practice in Japan. The Western process can give a great variety of colors and surface effects, making it very popular with studio and amateur potters.

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Article Title : Raku ware
Article Snippet :Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It
Article Title : Ceramic art
Article Snippet :sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is a visual art. While some ceramics are considered fine art, such as pottery or sculpture, most are considered
Article Title : Tim Andrews (potter)
Article Snippet :Andrews is an English studio potter making distinctive smoke-fired and raku ceramics exhibited internationally. Andrews trained as an apprentice to David
Article Title : List of Alfred University people
Article Snippet :studio ceramics" Andrew Deutsch, video and sound artist, noise musician and educator Wayne Higby, ceramic artist; known for work in Raku ceramics and large
Article Title : Japanese pottery and porcelain
Article Snippet :Japanese tea ceremony and embody the aesthetic principles of wabi-sabi. Most raku ware, where the final decoration is partly random, is in this tradition.
Article Title : Amber Aguirre
Article Snippet :fire, oxygenated atmosphere without reduction, a surface similar to naked raku is produced.Disabled, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, portrays
Article Title : Pottery
Article Snippet :Niche techniques include: In a Western adaptation of traditional Japanese Raku ware firing, wares are removed from the kiln while hot and smothered in ashes
Article Title : Claude Champy
Article Snippet :ceramists and also created Raku ware. His works are part of the Charles-Adrien Buéno's collection. Paul Soldner, an American Raku ware ceramic artist marc
Article Title : Earthenware
Article Snippet :Terracotta Redware Victorian majolica Lusterware, which uses iridescent glazes Raku Ironstone china, on the border of earthenware and stoneware Yellowware "Brooklyn
Article Title : Susan Hale Kemenyffy
Article Snippet :important contributions to American ceramics in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in regard to experimental raku techniques. She explained in an

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