Bubbles in glaze
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Re: Bubbles in glaze
Impure?
It happens. I don't think it has a name, and I've had new pieces from potters where I've assumed it was a gaze fault but apparently it's not - or at least it's accepted as just one of those things. Maybe it's impurities in the glaze or degassing from the clay body or underfiring?
It happens. I don't think it has a name, and I've had new pieces from potters where I've assumed it was a gaze fault but apparently it's not - or at least it's accepted as just one of those things. Maybe it's impurities in the glaze or degassing from the clay body or underfiring?
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Ahh I assumed it was experimental or intentional but you think it may be underfire or something. Interesting.
Bubbles in glaze
The lovely ragged bowl I have by Matthew Blakely has bubbles in the blue glaze. Maybe it's a trade off between firing to get the right colour vs firing to get a clear glaze?
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bubbles are usually the result of an excessively thick application of glaze
Sometimes, however, these faults can be due to overfiring or to the use of soluble fluxes in the glazes
In Crawford's case,I would say glaze had pooled around the base of the neck, possibly resting in a dip
Sometimes, however, these faults can be due to overfiring or to the use of soluble fluxes in the glazes
In Crawford's case,I would say glaze had pooled around the base of the neck, possibly resting in a dip
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Well they do pool but if you look at third photo of mine it's essentially all over bubbles. Possibly more where glaze is thicker? The odd thing is you don't really notice it until you look closely.
On another note I bought a John Bew (Odney Pottery) piece and it did something very unusual also. He had underglaze it with blues then clear glaze on top but mixed more pigment in a layer on top. When the light hits it right it glows! Essential backlighting the top glaze. Only happens when the sun is on it. It comes to life. I think Ray Finch did this and I saw a piece on eb but did not win it, bastard other bidders!
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t15379-john-bew-frank-spindler-odney-pottery-cookham-berks?highlight=odney
On another note I bought a John Bew (Odney Pottery) piece and it did something very unusual also. He had underglaze it with blues then clear glaze on top but mixed more pigment in a layer on top. When the light hits it right it glows! Essential backlighting the top glaze. Only happens when the sun is on it. It comes to life. I think Ray Finch did this and I saw a piece on eb but did not win it, bastard other bidders!
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t15379-john-bew-frank-spindler-odney-pottery-cookham-berks?highlight=odney
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I did not know they could refire pieces. I suppose they need to get the temperature right
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Doug Fitch once said that half the pots coming out of his wood fired kiln may need to be refired because they were sitting in parts of the kiln which were too cool. But the alternative is having half the pots over cooked, which then can’t be refired
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I think so, although I don’t know the difference between celadon and ash glaze
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BUBBLES
To me the bubbles WITHIN a glaze, looks fine, adds interest. BUBBLES that break on the glaze (like mine) are sharp and it mens I have overfired.
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