Raku

According to Japanese history, the technique of Raku pottery originated by accident due to one of the countries many natural disasters. During a frenzied rebuilding, Korean potters began producing enormous inventories of roofing tiles. In their haste, they began to use long tongs to remove the still-hot tiles from the kilns only to discover that the tiles did not crack or break. The clay had the ability to withstand the shocking move from the hot kiln to the cool air due its the high sand content. Although the history of pottery in Japan is obscure, this particular type originated from the 400-year old Zen tea ceremony of Japan. The Emperor at that time commissioned a potter by the name of Raku to produce special vessels for the tea ceremony.

the cone 5 glazes are on the left and the cone 05 glazes are on the right

Here are some the the examples that are being used on these pots. i really like how the first one turned out. it is a color choice that i have not really seen yet and i would like to use some of these glazes if i get a chance.

This is one of the pots that i threw on the wheel. i have thrown other pots but i always forget to take pictures of them and i take them home without taking pictures. i was trying to make the whole pot red and then dip the top in like a whitish color. in ended up not working very well because when i was using the sponge i kind of took the paint off the top. it still does not look that bad but i would of liked it with two colors.

pottery with text

these mugs are really neat. the color variation is really cool. and where they put the text in looks cool also. it looks like they went through alot of time to do this and it paid off.

these pots or whatever they are is somewhat cool. i like the bottom left the most. the color they used is sweet. and once again the text looked hard to put on and i think they put alot of time into this.

this is a neat looking pot in general but by adding this sweet surface texture i think it adds alot to this pot. the little pumps make it look alot better than without them.

i'm really not a fan of this. i like the suface texture and the design he put on it but the pottery in general isnt that great. there is not much too it. nothing unique that puts it apart from other art work.

i picked this pot because i liked the shape of it and i liked the variation of colors. i also think the handle is pretty cool as well.

i think the handles are unique, it isnt the norm. its not something you see everyday. i also like how the blue and the purple slowly meet and as one color becomes full the other goes away.

i like the mix of colors that are combined in this mug. the type of class is different from the rest and i think that it makes the mug alot better than just one color.