Post #625252 by LoriLovesTiki on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM

Update:

This whole mess took a LOT more time than I ever anticipated! Mugs 1 & 2 came out of the kiln for the second time (glaze fire) with some problems, ahem learning discoveries.

1. I am somewhat limited in supplies but beggars can't be choosers. I mistakenly used an underglaze for the outside of the shorter mug I named "Mel." His inside is a royal purple and the outside was a different purple. He's all unglossy (see picture) so I'm glazing him again in wisteria purple.
   

The first mug's glazing was a labor of love. All his features took me FOREVER to paint. It didn't help that I was doing this on my prep period, was searching our ceramic supplies for the colors I wanted, was trying to avoid the underglazes etc. He came out of the kiln looking kinda cool but he needs some touch ups. The background color was one of those glazes with the flecks in it but I didn't really want flecks and specs so I purposely didn't stir up the stuff in the bottom. And since we didn't have any transparent glazes and the Pearl arts & crafts store near me closed by I tried using a sponge to wipe off the excess glaze so I'd get more around the features and in the carvings. Well.....it didn't come out quite the way I wanted so I'm going to do some more work on him. I was disappointed that the sponge also removed some of the glaze on the edges of the nose, lips, base band etc, but the rookie art teacher who has been letting me crash the art room thinks it give him an aged look.

I'll post more pictures of him when he's done DONE and mug #3 is patiently waiting for his bisque fire. Thanks for looking.
Here's a peek at #3, I made him for my hubby. One day he'll get him as a belated Vday gift.

On another note I got my first tiki farm mug for Valentine's dat (the red cannibal mug) and a couple of tiki martini glases from them too!!!

[ Edited by: LoriLovesTiki 2012-02-16 11:38 ]