If I were
writing a food blog I would give you the recipe for this pink salad dressing.
Maybe I would write about my adventurous recipe testing and finally I would
announce that I have the world’s best and prettiest salad dressing to share
with you. You would probably comment that the pink dressing looks lovely in
that blue bowl and that would be it. However, this blog is about ceramics so
all the testing I did was about my blue ceramic glaze. And yes, it was
adventurous testing.
I've been
using this turquoise glaze on my ceramics for more than a decade. It functioned
great when applied on stoneware. When I started to work with porcelain, I used
the same glaze again because I was so sure that it would be brighter and more
intense. I was right. When I decided to glaze the porcelain tableware with this
glaze, I just had to test it first. That was a good idea because it turned out
that this glaze is not stable on porcelain. I put vinegar in a turquoise glazed
porcelain bowl and let it sit for a few days. A good glaze should change
neither the colour nor the texture. Unfortunately this glaze failed the test.
So from now on I will have to use it only on porcelain ware that isn’t used for
serving food, like vases and soap dishes.
This small
misfortune reminded me why I love porcelain in the first place: because of its
whiteness and purity. I guess I should think pretty pink and blue thoughts and
let my porcelain stay white.
