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Richard and Tupper Hawley's Cross Gallery features Raku and Copper Mosaic Art. Raku is a clay firing process, Japanese in origin. The word means "simple pleasure, joy and beauty." Raku is unlike other ceramic processes because of its unpredictability. Instead of being heated and then cooled very slowly, Raku works are plunged quite suddenly into a hot kiln, removed when they reach a glowing red heat, and then buried abruptly in a pit of soil and other organic materials. The materials are burned into the vessel's hot surface to create spontaneous design and texture. Visit Cross Gallery's site for more info.