english: 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.
non_english: Ovaj sam izvadila prošle nedelje  iz peći, a samoj peći treba još dan ili dva  da se ohladi, dok je raku zaista brz. Sve ovo radite  napolju i zagrejete peć. Za 15 minuta temperatura  poraste do 1500 stepeni i čim vidite da se glazura istopila iznutra, možete da vidite bledunjavi sjaj  i tada isključite peć. Tada uđete ovim dugačkim,  metalnim kleštima, zgrabite ćup i u Japanu  ovaj crveni, vreo ćup bi odmah bio uronjen  u rastvor zelenog čaja i možete da zamislite  kako bi para mirisala.