The Pinch Pot Technique and Raku [microform] / Marie Demery
- Bib ID:
- 5486611
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Demery, Marie
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 17 p.
- Summary:
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Since the 16th century, the small Japanese raku tea bowl has reflected the merged cultural influences of art, religion, and other countries on the art of Japanese pottery. Artistically, the bowl is a combination of ceramics (pinching) and sculpture (carving). The dictates of the Zen Buddhist tea masters determine its sculptural process and steps, which include the carving of the exterior body, the base or the foot, the undulating lip or rim, and the interior, with its elevated design center. Its form is the result of a preference for the asymmetricality of Korean peasant Ido wares (which reflected the Zen aesthetic qualities of simplicity and roughness) over Chinese porcelain by Zen tea masters, the "pottery wars" during which Korean pottery and potters were transported to Japan, and the influence of various members of the Raku family. The Japanese pinch pot technique was transformed through the years into a unique ceramic process, producing the raku tea bowl, which continues to be produced by members of the Raku family. (AEM)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Reports, Descriptive
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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