Weird question about glaze.

If you like this look look for a RU kiln glaze. I have this one and its coming along nicely. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Tureen-gaiwan-ruyao/1724300711.html

The dealer seems to drop it down to below 10.00$ on a regular basis. You can also get some where the crackle effect is an elements of the glaze such as an ice crack glaze or some of the celadon glazes.

Otherwise if you want to age the thing you could try repeatedly treating it to very hot water to stress it.

I have some cups and a tea pot with this kind of cracked glaze http://oolongowl.com/much-bubble-wrap-ebay-tea-ware-fun/

Though, times I swear when I have hot things in it the cracks are less apparent. No idea how they do the glaze.

Crackleware is a type of glaze that is intentional, left to nature you’re looking at 30 years for something to crackle on its own. Like yyz said, you can find crackleware for cheap and just buy it that way. It is best with really dark tea, so over time the cracks are filled in darker to show off the glaze.

Here is a crackle set I got recently, only took a week to arrive:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291184911374?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Ummm, I don’t know if its okay with the OP or not but I have a question about glaze too. I’ll make my own thread (probably) if it’s not and take this comment down.

I just bought a Chinese teapot with a bamboo handle that I can’t tell is glazed or not. I had assumed when I got it that it had a dull matte glaze because the actual surface is very smooth, seemingly none porous with a subtle iridescence it’s a gunmetal grey color it also has a very dull sheen to it. It holds six cups, nothing like a yixing -I bought it at Marshall’s. To me being the size it is makes it less likely to actually be a yixing or made of yixing clay. It also has a matte like texture -if that makes sense, like the surface of chalkboard. However I don’t want to get to bold and make a flavored tea in it, only to have it absorb the flavor and taint every cup of tea I make after with all the conflicting favors.

So far I’m only using it for holding water. It pours like a dream.