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Heya,, Brianna's drawing and painting page!!!
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 * [[image:raku_firing_brianna.jpg width="254" height="299"]] || 3 things I learned!

Raku ware, is a type of [|Japanese pottery] that is traditionally and primarily used in the [|Japanese tea ceremony] in Japan, most often in the form of tea bowls

The first working Japanese kiln in the west was built by Tsuronosuke Matsubayashi at [|Leach Pottery], St Ives in 1922.

The glaze firing times for raku ware are short: an hour or two as opposed to up to 16 hours for high-temperature [|cone] 10 stoneware firings || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raku_ware http://www.astbury.org/pottery/nrakufaq.htm http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-raku-pottery.htm ||  ||   ||
 * What i already knew!

Raku!~ form of japanese glazing pottery, low fire, temperature raised fast, and taken out and sobmerged in water to freeze to color ||  ||   ||   ||