March 12, 2010, Newsletter Issue #386: Cracking: Thickness variations

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Variations in thickness will set up stresses, since the thin areas will dry faster than the thick, and stresses won´t be evenly distributed. This is very common when the base of a pot is thicker or thinner than the walls. Sometimes this will show up as a circular crack around the bottom edge of a pot.

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