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Comment by Melinda O'Malley on July 28, 2011 at 5:20pm

I see my link doesn't work so here's what the post says with the recipe:

How close this looks to Floating Blue I'll leave to others to decide.
I stay as far away as possible from Floating Blue. This glaze comes
close from what I remember. It's a 50/50 combo of two glazes. I've
gotten rid of a couple of tiny amounts of ingredients, but left in
the 2 frits. It is dependable and stable and doesn't require howling
at the moon whilst applying or firing. In keeping with the tradition
of naming glazes after foods (Nutmeg, Licorice, Raspberry), it's
called Blueberry. Fired to ^6 with slow cooling. I've not tried in
on porcelain as ^6 porcelain doesn't exist in Belgium. Usual caveats
about doing your own testing apply. If anyone tries it on porcelain,
I'd appreciate some pics. Good Luck.


Blueberry ^ 6

20 Custer Spar
13.3 Frit 3134
10 Frit 3195
18.5 Wollastonite
17 EPK
20 Silica

3 Rutile
2.3 Copper Carbonate
.75 Cobalt Carbonate

Ruth Ballou
Maryland

Comment by Melinda O'Malley on July 28, 2011 at 5:18pm

The glaze is called blueberry and I found it on clayart: http://www.potters.org/subject90235.htm

It tends to look best on brown or red clays.

The "black matte"is actually unglazed klamath red clay.

Comment by Mary Jane on July 28, 2011 at 4:19pm

Hi Melinda - really like the blue.  Could I ask what glaze this is?  The black looks very matte so curious as to that one as well.  Love the combination.  Cheers, MJ