Raku Kiln Lift with Glowing Pot
MidjourneyRaku Kiln Lift with Glowing Pot is a Midjourney v7 prompt that renders a glowing pot lifted from a kiln at dusk. It suits dramatic wall art and ceramic concept art.
Last tested: July 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more cinematic prompts .
Prompt
A ceramicist in a leather apron lifting a glowing orange raku pot from a small kiln with long tongs, sparks and embers drifting, the pot radiating heat against a deep charcoal dusk, smoke curling, dramatic low-key photograph with intense warm-cool contrast --ar 2:3 --stylize 240
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
- Stylize
- 240
How to use this prompt
The pot must be the brightest thing in frame or the raku drama is lost, so set the scene at 'deep charcoal dusk' — daylight kills the glow and turns the pot into ordinary terracotta. The embers and sparks are not decoration; they prove the temperature and give the eye a path from kiln to pot. Specify 'long tongs' so the grip reads as raku handling rather than bare hands, which would be implausible and pull the viewer out. Keep the figure mostly silhouette — a lit face competes with the pot, which is the subject. The 2:3 vertical suits the upward lift.
Variations to try
- Cooler night — push the background toward blue-black for stronger warm-cool contrast
- Add the reduction bin — a bed of sawdust waiting beside the kiln for the next step
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Raku Kiln Lift with Glowing Pot",
"prompt": "A ceramicist in a leather apron lifting a glowing orange raku pot from a small kiln with long tongs, sparks and embers drifting, the pot radiating heat against a deep charcoal dusk, smoke curling, dramatic low-key photograph with intense warm-cool contrast --ar 2:3 --stylize 240",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3",
"stylize": 240
},
"style_tags": [
"cinematic",
"moody"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art",
"concept-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/raku-kiln-lift/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
