Lili Krakowski on sun 17 apr 05
"Crazing" is a glaze defect. All the books list crazing under " glaze
faults" or "glaze defects'. NO one claims this is a set-in-concrete hard
fact, but simply that when little cracks appear in glaze it is a
defect--unless there is a pretty good reason for it.
As analogy. In sewing class one learns that a hem (as on jacket or dress)
should be even all around. Period. This means that the hem on a jacket or
dress should be even all around.
It DOES NOT mean that if a couturier decides a hem should be at hip level on
this side and ankle length on the other the police should nab him! (Alas,
it means some Rock Star will wear it to an award ceremony!) Nor does it
mean that a hunting vest should not have a kidney flap.
It DOES mean that as a convention of the trade it is agreed hemlines should
be even.
And the same is true with crazing. Ron is totally right that many people
allow crazes in glazes that need not have them, because they do not know how
to fix it. I doubt Ron means that there are not certain glazes that --to
achieve their characteristic perfection--must of necessity craze.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Ingeborg Foco on sun 17 apr 05
> "Crazing" is a glaze defect. All the books list crazing under " glaze
> faults" or "glaze defects'. NO one claims this is a set-in-concrete
hard
> fact, but simply that when little cracks appear in glaze it is a
> defect--unless there is a pretty good reason for it.
>
> As analogy. In sewing class one learns that a hem (as on jacket or dress)
> should be even all around. Period. This means that the hem on a jacket
or
> dress should be even all around.
Lily dear, I guess you have not kept up with recent fashion statements.
Many hems are not straight and are all over the place. High on one side
(above the knee) very long on the other side (down to the ankle) and , loopy
loop in between. One can pay big dollars from the famous couture houses
for these kinds of hems.
Sincerely,
Ingeborg
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