Talk:Ceramic glaze

message: Although a beautiful sculptural piece, are the glaze distinctions visible enough for it to be an example for this article?  WBardwin 23:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sculptural image 

message: Hi there, I'm new to ceramics and came here to look for more information about glazing. How are glazes put together? Do we have any links to good glaze recipes? These might be dumb questions, but it would seem natural to expand this article with them. Agree? Shinku Hisaki 08:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Glaze Recipes?

message: Lead glaze should be mentioned, in particular the health issues raised when lead-glazed earthenware items such as bowls and plates are sold for the purpose of use for eating. Badagnani 10:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is perfectly possibly to have a leaded glaze which posses no risk to human health:- just because some leaded glazes have leached unacceptable levels of Pb does not mean all do, and to suggest otherwise is scaremongering or is from a position of ignorance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.70.140.167 (talk) 12:37, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead glaze 

message: I can't really understand why the citation request is in the first section, referring to glaze application. Basically any general pottery book will serve (eg the Complete Potters Companion, Tony Birks; but I wouldn't really cite this as any such book would do). Any method of applying a liquid, paste or powder to the surface of an item can (and probably has) be[en] used - potters like to experiment. Anyone really feel a citation is needed for this? Pbhj (talk) 11:31, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Process 

message: There's been a lot of underexplained edit warring as to whether this article should use the word "biscuit" or "bisque" in a particular sentence. Some of these edits have also edited "color" to "colour", so is it fair to say that "biscuit" is the common British term for the process, and "bisque" the American? --McGeddon (talk) 15:33, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Both terms are in common use, it may be that studio potters and the industry prefer one against the other, but neither is incorrect and it seems perverse to link to the article called Bisque (pottery) whilst using piping to disguise it as biscuit! The same editing pattern occurs on many other ceramic related articlesTheroadislong (talk) 15:43, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Most certainly is not an American/ British consideration! <<Biscuit>> is the accepted term for fired, unglazed articles that will be glazed; and <<bisque>> is fired, unglazed articles that will never be glazed. Yours, Michel.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.253.63.246 (talk) 20:15, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: A voice from Germany - (a) biscuit is not equalling bisque. (b) bisque is porcelain with no glaze coat and is final. (c) biscuit is not finished porcelain because no glaze now but will get glaze soon  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.45.27.140 (talk) 14:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biscuit/biscuit - regional variation? 

message: What means "From between the eighth century"?  From about the eighth century?  Or is a part of the phrase missing? Svato (talk) 21:50, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. Sorted Johnbod (talk) 01:23, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating in History [also in caption to relevant picture] 

message: I think this wikipedia article needs a reword, because otherwise it's pretty poor quality. The article has headings like Lead-glazed earthenware, Tin-glazed pottery, etc. 
It leads people to think it's actually glazed with lead. 
At least that's the impression I got when I read through this - I thinking why on earth would you coat your dishes with a poisonous substance!? 
However upon reading more about this subject on other sites, I actually find out the primary ingredient is glass, and the other additives are only there to give colour.
So you can actually do without the additives altogether. But if you do add lead, it's behind the glass, where it's perfectly safe from touching your food.
It's pretty misleading no?
- Burmesaurus (talk) 15:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance of Glass in glazing