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LINDA BLOOMFIELD

Since the pandemic, there have been supply chain issues that have affected many of our glaze materials. Prices have increased so that pottery suppliers sometimes opt for a cheaper material, affecting our glazes.

This happened to me recently when I bought a new batch of talc, a magnesium silicate mineral used for making matt glazes. I have been buying talc from the same supplier for 20 years, so I had no reason to test the new batch of

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