Ceramic: Raku & Naked Raku Technique

The Ceramic Elective ended this week and after next week the Animation Elective will start. I am already thinking of ideas for the short animation we will be doing next week. I have a feeling that the ceramic assessment didn't go too bad but I should have tried harder for the journal part.


The following ceramic pieces were glazed using the Raku technique or the Naked Raku technique. The difference between the two is that the normal Raku technique leaves a shiny glaze but the Naked Raku leaves a matt glaze which is slightly dull looking. In Raku the glaze is only put on once but in the Naked Raku the glaze has to be put on twice. Another difference is that one can scratch a design into Naked Raku but the outcome will be black and white where in the other Raku  technique other colour glazes are available. The parts with no glaze on them will turn black. Raku is a technique were the ceramic pieces go straight into a bin full of saw dust after being taken out of the kiln. The lid is then closed and the smoke will create Raku pieces. After the ashes are cleaned away the piece is finished. The glazes for Naked Raku will come off like egg-shells.


 Raku Technique (white & turquoise glazes were used):

  

The pictures of the Naked Raku Technique will be on the next post.