Dragon Tea

This semester I'm in Raku Ceramics.. Our Prof. wanted us to make 10 tea bowls of varying designs, some even could be made to look like animals, etc, etc... Well, me being my sculptur-y self decided to go to town on one or two, this one was my favorite.

When it was finished and drying for the Bisque, my dear Captn' asked, 'Is that Haku?' Heh.. Kinda' looks like him, but not quite. Maybe a distant earthen cousin that gaurds the Japanese Tea Ceremony?..

Yeah, apparently the Japanese call the westernized version of Raku 'Ukar', 'cause our way of their beautiful pottery art is funky and backwards.