Post #500040 by MadDogMike on Sat, Dec 19, 2009 9:30 PM

Jason, Liz, Mr Triple-P thank you. Freddie, that 140 degree temp is how warm Sterno is supposed to keep the food, not the temp of the flame which is closer to 1500 degress is some places (hot enough to make metal glow red) I'm still going to try the ceramic grill and see if it works.

Vanatu Jungle Fowl Plate - OK, it's really not tiki - it's just a rooster for my daughter's kitchen. But I wanted to try out my plaster plate slump form and a surface decorating technique called "shellac resist". The plate is formed in white clay, coated in natural red slip clay and allowed to dry. The design is painted on in clear shellac and the shellac allowed to dry. Then the red slip is washed off with a sponge except the clay protected by the shellac. The shellac burns off in the kiln.

The finished design is raised a little and it's smooth in contrast to the rough exposed grog in the white clay.

Next up I promise to make some real Tiki Pupu Platters with my plate mold :D