On April 14th, Cal U ceramics students fired raku pottery outside the Ceramics Lab on the Cal U campus. Raku is a method of pottery making developed in Japan. Raku pottery is usually hand-shaped and fired with low temperatures. Traditionally, raku is removed from the hot kiln and allowed to cool in the open air. Today, raku has been adapted by many contemporary potters. At Cal U, the pottery was fired using combustible materials in trash cans.

Art students Leah Koslow and Maiya Denne participated in raku pottery making. They both found the process fun and unique.

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Maiya Denne