Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

LIFTING

ca: RECOLLIT O RETIRAT

es: RECOGIDO

Lifting refers to slip or glazes lifting up off the work and is usually caused during the first hours of firing. When slip or glaze flakes off work, it could be caused by grease or dust on the fired body, by the clay being too damp or by too much difference in drying speeds between the body and the decoration when being fired. There are other words used to describe this reaction, flaking and peeling being two of them.