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SKYSCRAPER VASE - ORIGINAL 1930'S ART DECO - $175 (JACKSONVILLE BEACH)
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This old VINTAGE 1930's vase has beautiful glaze crazing and cracks!
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What is "CRAZING"?
Crazing is the effect on pottery which causes it to have a web of tiny cracks over its surface. These are not cracks in the actual structure of the pottery but are an artistic effect on the glazed part of the pottery. Although crazing is generally a surface effect, it can weaken the integrity of your piece in time, as it opens up the sealed glaze of the piece of your pottery and can weaken the overall structure.
Crazed pots are not suitable for food as they may leak if the clay body is exposed. What are the key causes of crazing?
Crazing happens as pottery and ceramics cool after firing when the kiln and the wares cool at different rates
and can generally occur with age, but there are other factors which cause immediate crazing which include:
Temperature and humidity changes which causes the glaze to crack and by moisture getting into the glaze.
Crazing also occurs when the glaze shrinks more than the body of the ware.