Post #590471 by swizzle on Tue, May 24, 2011 5:31 AM

Thanks for the compliments WestADad, MadDogMike, Beachbumz, Bowana and ebtiki. Quite happy with the results so far considering i'm new to this.

Well tonight i glazed another two mugs in my class, plus i have another woodgrain one done in the second sculpt and a different brown which i glazed during the week, so i'll have three more mugs to be fired, hopefully ready next week. Tonight i also picked up the mug i glazed last week. It came out exactly as i hoped. I brushed black glaze into the teeth and all the crevices and then wiped it back so there was only a small amount left behind. Then i glazed 3 coats over the top and it worked perfectly.

(Left pic is with the flash on. Couldn't decide which showed the colours up better).

But................................................................

.....it shattered in the kiln. :(

It's hard to tell in the following pic because it's out of focus, but the black glaze i used on the inside was very thick.

My teacher and i are pretty confident that being so thick, as it was being fired it was shrinking/contracting at a much different rate to the outside glaze. If any of you experts out there could confirm that, or offer some other reason/s, i'd love to know. It's a shame because i was really happy with this one, but i suppose i can put it down to part of the learning process. I have to say i made sure the mugs i glazed tonight didn't have as much on them. :lol: I just hope i still put on ENOUGH glaze to get an even finish.

P.S. I also started a thread in Collecting Tiki asking for feedback. I'd like to hear from those who read this what they think.

Cheers
swizzle