Lili Krakowski on mon 14 jan 08
This all started because of a puzzlement Lois presented us with.
Namely that her in-laws boil the water for their tea--which they drink
continually during the day--in two of her cups, which I assume are
porcelain.
These cups have crazed.
Lois told us that she does a boiling test for her glazes, and that the
glaze[s] are/ were ok. Either Lois or someone else spoke of crazing in a
super electronic microwave. Did I get that right? If such a micro exists
what is it?
With porcelain or high-fired stoneware the absorption by the body should be
zilch.
Ever since I have been thinking about what could be happening. And one
thought was that the dishwashing detergents could be leaching something out
of the glaze, and that this leaching would change/affect the actual glaze
composition, changing the glaze enough so that it not longer WOULD pass the
boiling test.
I have this primitive vision of glazes clinging to pots the way nature films
show us baby apes clinging to their mothers' fur. My vision--I told you this
was primitive-- is that several things can either weaken the fur ( I TOLD
you not to perm your hair yourself--no wonder it's falling out!!!) or the
baby ape's fingers.
And to my [primitive] mind that is what is happening here. Mother and baby
ape were perfectly happy and harmonious for a while, but something changed.
So, although I rarely think about detergents, or apes for that matter, I
have been thinking steadily about them for the past coupl'a weeks.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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