Ceramics: Art and Perception

Q&A   Soluble Salt Migration

In the bone dry or bisque state, fingerprints can disturb the soluble salt deposit on the clay surface causing a noticeable flashing or discoloration on the fired clay.

Most potters have experienced the effects of soluble salt migration in a clay body that can occur in the drying, bisque, or glaze firing

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