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 Crystalline
has surely become the "tour de force" at Dover Pottery. Back in 1989 Al and Milly were literally painting
themselves silly. Al began looking for a new line of ware that interested him, and was less time consuming than
meticulously hand painting every single pot. His choice was crystalline, probably, as we have discovered, the most
challenging glaze to reproduce consistently. Crystalline, in the span of ceramic history, is a definite newcomer.
Originating in Severes, France near the middle of the 1800's, crystalline has slowly but steadily made it's way
into todays ceramic mainstream. Helping it along through the years were the advancements of more consistent and
refined *frits, along with more reliable kilns. Today, crystalline is a sort of superstar of ceramics so to speak,
as people exposed to it for the first time are floored by its amazing crystalline structures. To understand the
crystalline process more fully, please read this article, which originally appeared in the Longleaf Journal, written by Al McCanless back in 1984.
*FRIT - a fused glass consisting of many compounds melded together
for use in various glazes, usually temperature categorized.
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