Crackle glaze

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Crazing in pottery glaze is a network of very fine cracks that cover the glaze on a piece of ceramics. Sometimes potters deliberately want to create a crazing effect, and this is known as crackle glaze. But a lot of the time crazing is considered to be an unwanted glaze defect. But what causes crazing and what can you do to prevent it? Find out here....

Crazing in pottery glaze is a network of very fine cracks that cover the glaze on a piece of ceramics. Sometimes potters deliberately want to create a crazing effect, and this is known as crackle glaze. But a lot of the time crazing is considered to be an unwanted glaze defect. But what causes crazing and what can you do to prevent it? Find out here....

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broken pieces of glass sitting on top of a white table next to a cup and saucer

A shard of crackle glaze covered clay, together with a second image that shows a handful from my current bucket of smashed vessels that has been slowly accumulating and filling up over the past year. They’re sweet things, which I’ll save until someone approaches to find a use for them, although that hasn’t stopped me from smashing some fragments, sieving them, and adding the very fine powder back into fresh stoneware clay. Some I save for good, for no reason other than my own enjoyment, such…

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