‘라꾸’ (樂)에 대한 연구

A Study on the ‘RAKU’

To fully understand raku, we start with a journey into 16th century Japan to explore the origin of Raku wares. Although there are still much to be studied, we tried to trace out the root of the raku wares and the family with the same name. And then we describe the material and medium which we used and experimented in our works and classroom to share our experiences. We also shows our kiln designs for raku wares. In the last section Raku glaze firing and variations are presented to demonstrate the capacities and potentialities of raku pottery. We hope that this paper would serve the needs of those who make raku pottery. and also bring information and awareness to those who have not yet attempted the technique.