Hi all. Been a while...
Some of you might remember that I made a cup some months ago from a piece of silver birch. I've been enjoying my drams from it ever since. On Wednesday I had a tipple from it, and afterwards I put water in it and left it a few minutes (no particular reason why), before tipping it out and then putting it on the draining board; as I always do. I then went out for an hour or so, and when I returned it had developed a large crack all the way down the bowl.
Any ideas why? I have just moved house and the old one had a bit of a damp problem whereas this one very much seems not to, but is that enough to cause this? As for the cup itself, it does have pretty thick walls, but I've had no trouble before now. It's a shame, but I'm more hoping to avoid such problems in the future. My new residence has some very viable work space (wife very happy), so I'm hoping to do some more work soon...
Will put a picture up later.
Some of you might remember that I made a cup some months ago from a piece of silver birch. I've been enjoying my drams from it ever since. On Wednesday I had a tipple from it, and afterwards I put water in it and left it a few minutes (no particular reason why), before tipping it out and then putting it on the draining board; as I always do. I then went out for an hour or so, and when I returned it had developed a large crack all the way down the bowl.
Any ideas why? I have just moved house and the old one had a bit of a damp problem whereas this one very much seems not to, but is that enough to cause this? As for the cup itself, it does have pretty thick walls, but I've had no trouble before now. It's a shame, but I'm more hoping to avoid such problems in the future. My new residence has some very viable work space (wife very happy), so I'm hoping to do some more work soon...
Will put a picture up later.