Why do pots get hot in the microwave? | For Flux Sake Episode 82

Have you ever noticed how some pots get really hot in the microwave? The gang talk about why this happens, and answer a listener question about coloring reclaimed slop glaze. They also talk about glow in the dark glazes and Rose’s recent video about them on the CMW YouTube channel (Glow Up    • Glow Up | How to make a glow in the d...   ) .

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For today's episode we ask listeners to donate to the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (https://cerfplus.org/) and their efforts to help artists recover after Hurricane Helene.

For Flux Sake is hosted by Matt and Rose Katz of the Ceramics Materials Workshop along with Kathy King of the Harvard Ceramics Program. Together they answer your burning questions about clay and glaze. In each episode they answer listener submitted questions in a comical, but also insightful way. This show will have you laughing and learning about glaze chemistry the chemistry behind ceramics in no time. New episodes typically drop every week.

More information on Rose & Matt's ceramic glaze and clay courses can be found at www.ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com

For Flux Sake is produced by The Brickyard Network. More information can be found at www.thebrickyardnetwork.org

This week’s episode features the following topics: Glaze colorants, glow in the dark, microwave, vitrification, Chrome