Post #144731 by OceaOtica on Fri, Mar 4, 2005 7:40 PM

Hey YumYum,
cool, glad to see someone else getting into mug making. The coral texture you made will be hard to glaze, particularly if you try to dip it. It might be better to just glaze the inside of the mug, leaving the outside dry. You may be able to glaze the outside by applying it by airbrush, but you may still have some glaze skips. After you sculpt that texture it would help to take a rubber makeup sponge or chip brush and some isopropyl alcohol, 99% if you can get it, and work the surface a bit. The alcohol will dry faster than water. you will fill in the sharp deep pores without destroying the effect, making it far easier and cleaner to mold and cast, and more likely to get a decent glaze coverage on your bisqued piece.
Freddie, another way to make a similar tool to what you are talking about: brass tubing, skewers or barettes or pieces of metal wire, and plumbers putty. This makes a very sturdy tool.
YUMYUM, please post your finished mug
TT