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This is the same glaze on the outside of these two pieces. It develops the variegated deep blue character only when thick. But if it were applied thick enough on the left piece, it would run off onto the kiln shelf. However, the recesses in the texture-rolled surface of the one on the right have caught the flow, creating the thicknesses needed to get the color. Another factor is that the piece on the right is buff stoneware. Thus, the clay contains some iron, and it is bleeding into the glaze to help develop the color.
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Reactive Glazes
In ceramics, reactive glazes have variegated surfaces that are a product of more melt fluidity and the presence of opacifiers, crystallizers and phase changers. |
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Fluid Melt Glazes
Fluid melt glazes and over-melting, over fired, to the point that they run down off ware. This feature enables the development of super-floss and cyrstallization. |
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