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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 ...
Horse hair vase. Horse hair raku is a method of decorating pottery through the application of horsehair and other dry carbonaceous material to the heated ware. The burning carbonaceous material creates smoke patterns and carbon trails on the surface of the heated ware that remain as decoration after the ware cools.
Paul Edmund Soldner (April 24, 1921 – January 3, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and educator, noted for his experimentation with the 16th-century Japanese technique called raku, introducing new methods of firing and post firing, which became known as American Raku. [1] He was the founder of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 1966. [2]
Tea bowl, known as Suchiro, studio of Chōjirō. Tanaka Chōjirō (長次郎) (1516-?1592) is distinguished as the first generation in the Raku family line of potters. . According to historical documents he was the son of one Ameya, who is said to have emigrated to Japan from Korea (or possibly Ming China, as asserted on the RAKU WARE website (link below) of the still active line of potters h
About 1911 he attended a Raku-yaki pottery party which was his first introduction to ceramics, and through introduction by Ishii Hakutei, he began to study under Urano Shigekichi 浦野繁吉 (1851–1923), who stood as Kenzan 6th in the tradition of potter Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743).
Rakuzan ware (楽山焼 (愛媛県), Rakuzan-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture. A little red-clawed crab (赤手蟹 akategani) peeking out of the sides of the vessel is the trademark. [1]
The pottery style draws its name from the location where it is produced. [ 2 ] The techniques used in creating Karatsu ware are believed to have been imported from the Korean peninsula during the Japanese invasions of Korea during the late 16th century, [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] though some theories suggest the techniques may have been in use prior to ...
Joan Ruth Campbell MBE (1925–1997) was a Victorian born potter/ceramic artist.. Joan Campbell was born in Geelong, Victoria in 1925. At the age of fifteen, in 1940, her family relocated to Western Australia. [2]