Post #629263 by danlovestikis on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 9:08 AM

Progress Report:

Less blurry photos of Atomic Chicks mosaic Bob.



Covered with 2 layers of clear. Then I glazed the inside black.

For my 60th birthday Dan gave me a coupon that said he would help sand one of my projects. I had filled all the dents with Magic Mend then re-fired and now he sanded those areas flat.

I began to glaze Tiki Tom D's Fu Manchu mug when Dan came to say the rain had stopped.

We hauled the Zombie Torch mugs to the backyard.


Dan wearing his brawny man shirt squirted water into the mug. Shook it and poured it out.

Next he hit the outside with water. All this is to remove dust. One speck will cause the glaze to crawl and leave a "glaze skip".

Now all of the Zombie Torch mugs are together.

The rain came back. We avoided the rain so Dan wouldn't get drenched.

I finished the 3 layers on Fu and began the French secret agent for bavtech.


Filled them each with glaze let it sit and poured it out.

Another break in the rain so we hauled out the mugs whose glaze had dried and filled the bottom of the kiln. I put each one on a stilt so if the glaze ran it wouldn't fuse the mug to the bottom of the kiln.

Next I glazed the South of the Boarder Bob for The Blue Kahuna.

Inside and out.

Next I filled the top of the kiln with hats this mug and glaze test strips.

The kiln started to fire this morning. It will open on Wednesday.
I have started Psycho Tiki D's bowl.

First glaze coat finished last night. Two more to go.

I have all the mugs in the kiln. Now I will finish all the bowls. When the rain stops I will do all the glaze tests on the Zombie Torches to figure out how the run will look.

Wednesday is the big day for mugs. Some may need glaze touch ups but we'll hope they come out just fine. Cheers, Wendy