S-cracks

S-cracks

"S"-shaped cracks which occasionally appear in the bottoms of wheel-thrown pots, resulting from inadequate compression of the bottom, and/or excessive water left in bottom. Occur most often in fine-grain gritless claybodies, especially thrown off the hump.

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