Casey Hankin
Biography
I specialize in the Raku firing technique. My work embodies many wheel-thrown forms, ranging from bowls and vases to lidded vessels and large works.Raku was developed in Japan over 400 years ago as a method of firing the ceremonial tea ware of the Zen Buddhist Masters. Raku\'s simplicity and its deliberate avoidance of lavishness was appreciated by the Masters. Raku is non-functional, meaning that it is not water tight, as would be a flower vase or coffee mug, for example. Unlike functio...
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