Ceramic Pot Making Noise

If you do this it can actually make the pot explode so always be careful.

Ceramic pot making noise.

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I have 2 beautiful bowls that came out of the kiln several days ago. Inside these bubbles are water vapor which rises to the top and pops. The mixture of temperatures causes stress on the pot. It s a rather chaotic process and usually loud.

The effect on the bottom picture is by using a raku setup with a crackle white glaze that cracks by the rapid cooling before entering the reduction smoke chamber. Every 15 mins to an hour they make a high pitched ping type of noise. The effect in the top picture was accomplished by melting and fusing glass on the pot. I make sound fx for people to use in their projects.

When you hear a pinging pot it typically isn t complete cause for alarm but instead it s a beginner s mistake that can happen. That is the material had many defects in it s structure like the ones described in this wiki page and the heat from the water gave the structure enough energy to relax and heal them i ve witnessed a ceramic cup that started to make bell like noises when i poured myself a tea in it an. All of my uploads have a creative commons license. I m not sure but it s possible that the ceramic material was relieving stress.