When the pot is finished and the slip is removed, you have a pot with a beautiful black crackle surface. The crackles in the slip allow the smoke to reach the surface of the pot. Smoke so that the pot surface remains white underneath it. Then the can is sealed with a tight-fitting lid. The vessel is fired to 1450☏, then carefully removed from the kiln and placed into a metal can lined with newspaper. When it dries, it shrinks and crackles like mud does
We use a method of naked raku that employs a very thick slip that is applied to the surface of a pot. Today, Charlie and Linda share their take on the naked raku technique. Charlie and Linda Riggs have been doing the naked raku technique, also referred to as slip resist raku, for years. Naked raku gets its racy name because during the process of firing, the outer shell of slip that was applied falls off revealing the “naked” surface of the pot underneath. Pottery Making Illustrated Submission Guidelines.Workhouse Clay International ICAN Merit Award.ICAN Making a Difference in Ceramics Award.
Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Award.
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