This listing is for one rainbow Daruma Sculpture made in Raku Ceramics. I enjoy sculpting a very minimal and simplified form of Daruma. This one was fired in Japanese Raku. Very unique.
Bodhi-dharma is especially significant in Buddhism, as he was the person responsible for bringing Buddhism to Japan from China.
Normally the tradition with Daruma is to paint one of the eyes and make a wish or intention. Then when the wish is fulfilled you paint the other eye! of course with ceramics it's quite difficult to paint the eye. But the luck and wish-fulfilment will still manifest!
For me, the Raku Process is really about just letting go. Not thinking. One puts no investment in the final result. It is about being in the moment and the fragility of life. In Raku, there are so many variables from the temperature of the kiln, the glazes and how they mix, their age, and how long one leaves the pieces in the reduction. It is impossible to reproduce accurately any affect but this as well is part of it’s beauty.
Height: 9 cm
Width: 9 cm
Depth: 9 cm
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