Talk:Ceramic glaze

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Contents 1 Sculptural image 2 History section 3 Glaze Recipes? 4 Lead glaze

[edit] Sculptural image

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)

[edit] History section

This is terrible. It is far too short and shows a worrying biase towards Japan. Is this nationalism? Is is ignorance? Is this a reflection of the corruption of pottery arising from those who believe Bernard Leach? (posted by anon........ )

Complaining? Then improve it! If you have a personal opinion or know something from your personal experience, make sure it is backed by a definative source. Be aware that pottery, and pottery articles, are not black and white subjects. Each potter, from my experience here, defines terms and processes differently and there are vast differences in people's perspective and training. For example, your POV above seems to be anti-Leach. WBardwin 00:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Damn right I'm anti-Leach - the bloke was highly predjudiced and promoted his views as being the only correct ones. Sadly this has been accepted by legions, and incredibly taught at colleges and universities. —The preceding ::unsigned comment was added by 217.42.223.65 (talk) 00:36, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

Your personal point of view noted, but it does not belong in the article. I would suggest that you work with other editors, striving for concensus, rather than making deletions and demands. WBardwin 01:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

"it does not belong in the article." Well that is why I did not include it in the article. And please do not accuse me of "making demands" when I clearly have not done so. (posted by anon ........)

Your assertion: "I have only removed irrelevant and incorrect information & it does not belong in the article." -- this is your "opinion" about the material in question! In my opinion, the material is useful and should remain. Other editors of these articles have agreed to this material in the past. A discussion of material leads to concensus of opinion, a Wikipedia virtue. Definitions on pottery terms, believe me, are very flexible and variable. For example: "Leather hard" has several definitions depending on the pottery tradition and methodology. In the articles, you can talk about, compare and contrast the different definitions but don't assert that your definition is the one and only truth. That is a personal POV and should be discussed with others. WBardwin 01:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Please keep to the subject of this page.

• "I have only removed irrelevant and incorrect information" You have cut and pasted this from other discussion pages, it is not connected with this article.
• "it does not belong in the article." Why have you highlighted this? Your state my opinion does not belong in the article< and yet when I confirm this and show that I have not included it in the article you pull out this quote. What are you trying to achieve on this discussion page?

[edit] Glaze Recipes?

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)

[edit] Lead glaze

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)