Post #628359 by danlovestikis on Sun, Mar 11, 2012 10:55 AM

MadDogMike Dan woke up with a bad cold. I think all the sanding yesterday wasn't a good idea. He appreciates that you think he looks 34. Your Mohave art looks fresh and new and beautiful. Although the octopus coming out of the nose give me the creeps!

VampiressRN the swizzle display was made for Dan by hang10tiki and he had to work hard to get the orange swizzle. I think he got it just in time for our visit. That was so very special.

Atomic Tiki Punk (formally Chuck Tatum is Tiki)pictures are worth a thousand words. He has shipped all the items that he was behind on and is working to keep on schedule. Life has been hard but he's on the right track. We wish him well.

WestADad the Mohave Oasis does have a special vibe thanks to Buzzy. We are not campers so its an event for the young and hardy who own all that outdoors stuff.

tigertail777 I looked at my post and realized that I didn't say the gift was when I was 7 and not more recently. Those springs in the jumping shoes were weaker than they looked. They might have propelled a two year old. I should have bought them painted them orange and given them to MadDogMike for his new outfit. Amazing!

Progress Report:

Even though we were tired and Dan was wondering if he was coming down with a cold, which he did, we went to work yesterday. We both sanded and air compressed all of the projects. I guess you all know by now that I like to fire full loads. The number of Bob's that I made to go with the Zombie Torches came out just right.

When you bisque fire the green-ware you can stack things inside of each other and touching. When you glaze your can't do this they stick together.

I started off by stacking but by the end I was able to spread them out. Here's some photos from yesterday.

I really am smiling here. I found that holding a trash can between my knees I could sand and have the dust fall right into the can. That way I didn't have to wipe up the counter over and over again.

Each time I finished one Dan would blow off the dust. We have to vacuum the kiln insides after each firing and this helps cut down that mess.

Stacking. The Zombies went under the shelf.

I put the camera under there to show them.

After the last bowl went into the kiln I had space left over.

Stacking wasn't necessary so I spread them out.

Every single project that I'm working on will have been bisque fired with this load.

Every one has been sold. I'm going to finish all my projects in the works before I take on any more. The kiln will open on Monday and then I will set up to glaze everything.

I plan to start with test glazing for the Zombie Torches. So I'll only fire a few of the Zombies to help me decide on how they will look for the run of 30. I'll post then and ask your opinion. I'll have lots of room for all the Bob's to fire with these.

Thank you for your visit and most of all for your comments. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-03-11 11:00 ]