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What is Crawling?

Crawling

Glaze will creep/crawl in the firing if the bisque was oily or greasy, dirty or dusty. You can salvage the piece by re-glazing and re-firing.

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9/20/2011 2:15:27 PM
PM993G said:

If you see the glaze balling up all over the body a popular misconception in the ceramic arts is that your ware is dirty or greasy. In reality most of the time it is because the glaze is sintering before it melts.

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