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These are commercial bottled glazes, a transparent and a decorative. On a porcelain at cone 6. They are not compatible with the body (its thermal expansion is too low or they are too high). This could create a germ zoo but also severely weakens the piece. I tapped this lightly with a spoon about 2 cm below the rim. It sounded like I was hitting a wet sack of rocks! And the handle fell off! Another few taps at it broke like auto-glass. This type of functional ware is entirely unacceptable. If you use commercial glazes test their compatibility your clay bodies. If you make your glazes, adjust their recipes to reduce the thermal expansion until no crazing occurs using a thermal stress test (e.g. the IWCT test, which anyone can do).
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Crazing
Crazed ceramic glazes have a network of cracks. Understanding the causes is the most practical way to solve it. 95% of the time the solution is to adjust the thermal expansion of the glaze. |
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