樂燒技法에 對한 硏究 = A Study on RAKU Technique

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Raku as a style of pottery originated in kyoto in the late sixteenth century with the potter chojiro,a korean immigrant.
Raku was prized by japanese tea masters because it is unpretentious but aesthetically pleasing and embodies the ideals of Zen Buddhism and wabi. Raku was first brought to the attention of the western world by Bernard Leach. warren Gilbertson was probably the first potter to introduce raku to the united states directly. The beginning of raku in America beyond Gilbertson's introdution of the technique are difficult to ascertain. The potter who is responsible for establishing raku as a popular,creative method of pottery making is paul soldner. soldner spontaneously put a piece in some leaves to hum. Thus was born today's contempory incarnation of the raku process - postfiring reduction.
Soldner has been at the fore front of raku from those earlist days,As his influence spread, so did the popularity of raku. Koreans are used to high temperature technique blue celadon and white celadon. At first,the raku technique wasn't popular and refused for a new. However,the raku technique will have a short firing time and fast result,even in a picnic setting. If you try this technique,you can exprience a exitement and pleasant suprise of irregular changes.
For beginner and young ceramists,this can be very useful and use for developement of creation,due to it's low cost of firing and kiln production. But it needs to find a substitute materials for Gerstley Borate or Colemite.
For professional ceramist,this technique fits very well to. modern arts theory of deformation and it gives a veriety of colors from low temperature firing. I think this goes well with modern taste and can contribute to open a new field of korea modern ceramis.