Post #629406 by danlovestikis on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 9:19 AM

hang10tiki thank all of your for your notes that make this posting so fun.
Atomic Tiki Punk I wish I could open the lid sooner.
MadDogMike every day is one closer to Mohave so I hope this worked.
Professor G I wish I could hear that giggling!

Progress Report:
The kiln is cooling down. One more day of waiting.
I am still doing my Spanish lessons so when I went to work on Marone Tikis bowl yesterday it dawned on me that Marone is Spanish for brown. Brown Tikis bowl is finished and drying. Here are the steps.

I glazed the inside with Firecracker Red. It's a spotted glaze and that's why there are so many chunks. They melt flat leaving brilliant colors.

Three layers of marone.


Al done and drying.

Next I did the last two layers on Psycho Tiki D's bowl. Where are you Duane?

Next up was the bowl for hang10tiki. He requested an inside like the old Bumatay or Gecko bowls. This is something I've never tried before. I don't know if it will work here but I've tried.

Three layers of yellow.

Three layers of orange and then some touches of yellow to blend it in.

Next up the red.

I finished the blending of the three colors.

Being very careful to not have it run into the center I poured in red glaze and rotated the bowl. This needed to also cover under the lip.

Around and around.

Now not only is it kept upside down to dry I also run my finger around the lip to removed excess glaze. If glaze is too thick it will boil in the kiln and make pock marks.

After it dried I cleaned off the top.

Somehow I forgot to take photos. I also did the three layers of brown on the outside of this bowl. Today I will drool red and yellow over the sides like lava runs as requested. I've never done this before so once again, fingers crossed!

Back to work. Cheers, Wendy