Post #555337 by danlovestikis on Wed, Sep 22, 2010 3:50 AM

Thank you women of tiki, its so fun to be one of you. Vamp we missed you so much. We didn't watch the old version, too much fun talking to each other and eating wonderful treats by Duane and Matt. We did shut up for the new one and it was good.

Today I glazed the inside of the 47 mugs.
Then I cleaned up the lip of each.


Then I spray painted the outside of each mug three times. 6 hours with an air compressor required that I add ear protectors to my cool outfit.

I started in the morning and the last mug was done as the sunset.


There are so many steps that I've not shown. Each mug must have the sides wiped with a sponge before glazing, that starts a capillary action so the glaze sticks. After glazing I have to clean off the bottom ring so the mugs don't stick to the kiln shelf (kiln wash helps too).

Dan and I worked and re-worked the mugs in the kiln but we couldn't get the last two to fit.


As hard as this is I'm enjoying the process and especially all the notes I read here. I smile as I read them. Thank you all so much. Hey 1961surf are you coming to the crawl?

I'll have to fire up the kiln a second time tomorrow just to do those last two mugs.The big load of 45 is baking right now. I woke up with a headache so why not post more of Dan's terrific photography. Tylenol works, I'm going back to sleep.

I hope you are all snuggy in your beds with dreams of tiki mugs dancing in your heads! Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2010-09-22 03:55 ]