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glazenerd

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  1. This is way past shivering and approaching complete bond failure. I would expect to see the remaining glaze to fall off over a short period. At this point I am assuming that you have a low fire glaze on a high fire clay body.

  2. 3 things. You can see barren white patches, and areas where the glazed is pooled: which indicates it is over-fired.

    The coarse texture of the clay indicates that the clay is under-fired: immature. The slight off set where the crack is also suggest that the clay was immature.

    The uneven texture where the glaze did shiver off also indicates a bond failure between the clay and glaze: which also means the flux level in the clay is way off.

  3. The concentric crack on the bottom piece is aligned where this piece made contact with the kiln shelf. The exposed area of this piece cooled at a different rate than where it made contact with a shelf. You need to control the cooling to correct it, or put wadding under it to even out the heat.

  4. I have been coming back to this cup for the last three days. I have kept going back and forth trying to decide if the banding fits the over-all look of the piece. After three days of weighing it over: it fits. Actually, it fits very well. This color combination is rather new to me: took me awhile to understand your aesthetic. Actually, beveling the upper and lower bands around it was another clever trick to reflect light.. Bravo to you!

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