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raku (ko̵̅o̅)

noun

a kind of earthenware, originally developed for the Japanese tea ceremony in the 16th cent., that has been fired and glazed and then quickly fired again, leaving blackened, distinctively variegated pattern

Etymology: Jpn

raku Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: During college years worked with a number of potters in France and Ireland making raku and earthenware.

Modifies a noun

  • firing: Artists worked with local schoolchildren to create tea bowls for a raku firing later in the year.
  • kiln: The piece is then fired again in a raku kiln to a point where the glaze has melted enough to form a brittle skin.
  • ceramic: Staff will publish two books this year on philosophy and art theory and one on raku ceramics.
  • pottery: In many tourist shops you will see these quirky glasses, standing proud on their little raku pottery feet.
  • pot: Since 1986 she has made individual salt glazed stoneware and the occasional raku pot for fun.
  • work: Opening times: Please ring for appointment This year, alongside my raku work and tiles, I started making totems.

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