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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 93711, member: 45"]The texture is a result firing process. Either it was intentional, to create this effect (doubtful), or any number of problems could have contributed to the pinholing and bubbles. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whole books have been devoted to glaze problems, and often there can be more than one reason. The glaze could have been made incorrectly for the clay body (a change in the glaze ingredients, or something omitted, for example), or the glaze may have been contaminated with dirt or dust, or the kiln may have been fired too hot, or too fast, or was improperly vented. But the short answer is, the potter did something wrong somewhere somewhere along the line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 93711, member: 45"]The texture is a result firing process. Either it was intentional, to create this effect (doubtful), or any number of problems could have contributed to the pinholing and bubbles. Whole books have been devoted to glaze problems, and often there can be more than one reason. The glaze could have been made incorrectly for the clay body (a change in the glaze ingredients, or something omitted, for example), or the glaze may have been contaminated with dirt or dust, or the kiln may have been fired too hot, or too fast, or was improperly vented. But the short answer is, the potter did something wrong somewhere somewhere along the line.[/QUOTE]
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