Penguin Pottery Specialty Series Floating Blue. Mid Fire Glaze for Clay Pottery Glaze Cone 5 and Cone 6 Ceramic Glaze for Pottery (1 Pint 16 oz 473 ml) Penguin Pottery?s glazes offer a huge range of effects to choose from: vivid, bright, smooth, glossy, textured, satin, matte; opaque, semi-opaque, semi-translucent, translucent, flowing, non-flowing. Our low fire glazes are perfect for school projects, classrooms, studios, and potters who do not fire at high temperature. These low fire glazes are the potter?s choice when looking for a wide palette of colors, like celadon, lively reds, deep greens, bright blues. Our mid fire glazes offer similar ranges but also introduce interesting effects and tonality not available in low fire glazes. Sometimes glaze contents will settle. That's normal! Just like house paints, ceramic glazes need to be fully mixed to ensure smooth consistency. We recommend mixing well for at least 1-2 minutes. You can apply glazes either by (a) dipping your bisqued piece into the glaze or (b) brushing it on. Our glazes are ready to apply with a brush. If you're looking to dip, we recommend applying a dispersing agent like . Removing all dust from your bisque-fired piece is critical to ensure a good outcome. Clean moist sponges are best. Make sure your piece is completely dry before glazing! Ceramic glazes are classified according to a temperature range ("cone") in three general groups: "low-fire," "mid-fire," and "high-fire." Over-firing will damage the piece/possibly the kiln, and under-firing will just give you ugly results. One of the fascinating aspects of ceramics is the slight variations we can achieve by using different clay bodies, glaze types and firing methods. It's like vintage film photography - you don't know what it'll look like until you get it out of the kiln! Glazes will react differently (and look different) depending on several factors, including: The temperature at which they're fired: even small changes in temperature can lead to different outcomes. The clay body on which the glaze is applied: the same glaze will look different if applied to a darker vs. lighter clay. The speed at which your kiln reaches the target temperature. How much oxygen is in the kiln's atmosphere while firing. That is why ceramics is an art! We recommend you experiment with different approaches and, most importantly, embrace the uncertainty. You will have a lot of fun seeing different results! : our company was founded by and run by potters. We conscientiously manufacture our products in New Hampshire, USA. We love getting our hands dirty while we share our love for the ceramic arts! : we founded Penguin Pottery in 2020 with a simple mission: to increase access to the ceramic arts, while doing so in an ecologically-responsible manner. To that end, we donate 1% of our sales to environmental groups working hard to protect our planet for future generations. CERF+ is the leading US non-profit organization providing emergency relief funds, educational programs, advocacy, and networking opportunities to safeguard artists' livelihoods nationwide. COLOR PROFILE - Floating Blue delivers a glossy, watercolor-like glaze with vibrant sky and navy tones, delicate speckling, and subtle layered variations. A thin, warm brown band at the rim adds a striking contrast. PENGUIN POTTERY GLAZES - Conscientiously crafted in Vermont, USA, our lead-free, non-toxic, food-safe mid-fire glazes bring you rich colors and effects you wont find in low-fire formulas. INSTRUCTIONS - Always fire in a calibrated pottery kiln - not a kitchen oven - at the proper cone to match your swatch. Over- or under-firing can damage your work or yield uneven results. 1 FOR SCHOOLS - The Penguin Fund is Penguin Pottery's commitment to the future of ceramics. We donate 1 of sales to underserved public schools that need support for their ceramics classes. LIFETIME WARRANTY - All Penguin Pottery products are backed by our Lifetime Warranty. If you have any issues, we will give you a refund or replace your product - no questions asked.