I just took this out of the kiln last week, and the kiln itself takes another day or two to cool down, but raku is really fast. You do it outside, and you take the kiln up to temperature. In 15 minutes, it goes to 1,500 degrees, and as soon as you see that the glaze has melted inside, you can see that faint sheen, you turn the kiln off, and you reach in with these long metal tongs, you grab the pot, and in Japan, this red-hot pot would be immediately immersed in a solution of green tea, and you can imagine what that steam would smell like.
Ovaj lončić sam prošli tjedan izvadila iz peći, i samoj peći treba dan dva da se ohladi, ali raku se hladi mnogo brže. Postupak se obavlja vani, i peć se pojača na odgovarajuću temperaturu. Za 15 minuta dostigne temperaturu od 1.500 stupnjeva, i čim primjetite da se glazura otopila, možete primjetiti lagani sjaj, ugasite peć, te služeći se dugačkim metalnim štapovima posegnite unutra, i izvadite lončić. U Japanu, takav žareće crveni lončić, bi odmah bio uronjen u otopinu zelenog čaja, i možete si zamisliti miris te pare.