Post #581007 by danlovestikis on Sun, Mar 20, 2011 12:35 PM

Torbor64, that's just what my husband said. His vintage mugs have defects too.

Grog, I'll send you an image since we are keeping the finals for the big day.

MDM, thank you for all the information. I'll refer to it in the future for use.

I can retouch the Shriner the next time I glaze a load. I have a huge kiln and I only use it when it's full. The Shriner Hat was made too thick and it also has a defect inside that wouldn't photograph.

Lessons learned. Don't make the clay or the glaze too thick.

On page one of this thread I wrote the story of the little Frankoma tiki. I have now made the first bowl. I am forever indebted to Joniece Frank my dearest friend.

I used our mold to cast a bowl.

On the Tiki Bob bowl I left the rim. For this one I cut off the top.

I attached the three tikis.

After the bisque fire I glazed the entire bowl brown and then I wiped it back off the stand out areas.

I then painted the bowl on those areas with a red glaze.

The flash made the detail look white but it's really red.

I will never make one that could be confused with one produced in the Frankoma Factory.

That is why when I did the sculpture that Gecko used to make our War God I put so much information on the back and produced a pamphlet to go with it.