Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Jun 9, 2012 8:02 AM Hi Friends, first off thank you for making my day. I love reading your notes. Thank you. McTiki I have finished with Wish List glazing and they will all go into the kiln tonight. Then it will be back to the painting using your tiki. Philot glaze turns to glass and moves as it melts when fired. That's what's bad about it. Under-glaze is more like a powder in water. It can be built up and layered and when it is fired it stays put. The only movement would be in the clear glaze used to cover it. Picture the Trader Vic's mugs with so many colors. That's under glaze. As long as you do all three layers what is under it will not show. I've used it on the entire Pac Man Bob and the Bob with leaves. I'm glad you like them all. Mikey Tiki good morning, welcome. Atomic Chick who knew you were a Pac Man chick too. hang10tiki it is so good to know you are hanging around. Tavarua Tiki I love Brawney so much that last time I poured and had a huge mess from a mold leak I had Dan photograph my Brawny clean up. Here's the premiere. You can see that I tried to stop the leak with clay platered on the side of the mold. It was leaking out the bottom two. It stopped on its own. To avoid this pour in a small amount of slip and turn the mold to each of its sides. It will plug the leaks. Once this is done it can stand the weight of the rest of the slip being poured in. But when you have a huge mess Brawny is terrific. It doesn't fall apart. I like being asked questions. Wish List Progress....I'm so happy this morning to announce that every piece has been glazed. By tonight they will be dry and I'll put them into the kiln to fire. The kiln will open up on Monday. Of course if there are glaze skips I'll be working on them one more time but there's always hope. The Missionary's Downfall Alter Bowl after working on the small cracks. Started the painting. Added red to the bowl and to the alter bowl holder. BaconSM's Leafy Bob has been painted with under glaze. Three layers of white on the faces. Three layers of black on the eyes and mouth. Two layers of green clear over the under glaze. Set out in the windy backyard to dry and later into the kiln shed to await firing. I'll load them tonight. Meanwhile its back to working on the Spy/Tiki painting. Thank you for stopping by it means so much to me, Wendy

Hi Friends, first off thank you for making my day. I love reading your notes. Thank you.

McTiki I have finished with Wish List glazing and they will all go into the kiln tonight. Then it will be back to the painting using your tiki.

Philot glaze turns to glass and moves as it melts when fired. That's what's bad about it. Under-glaze is more like a powder in water. It can be built up and layered and when it is fired it stays put. The only movement would be in the clear glaze used to cover it. Picture the Trader Vic's mugs with so many colors. That's under glaze. As long as you do all three layers what is under it will not show. I've used it on the entire Pac Man Bob and the Bob with leaves. I'm glad you like them all.

Mikey Tiki good morning, welcome.

Atomic Chick who knew you were a Pac Man chick too.

hang10tiki it is so good to know you are hanging around.

Tavarua Tiki I love Brawney so much that last time I poured and had a huge mess from a mold leak I had Dan photograph my Brawny clean up. Here's the premiere.

You can see that I tried to stop the leak with clay platered on the side of the mold. It was leaking out the bottom two. It stopped on its own. To avoid this pour in a small amount of slip and turn the mold to each of its sides. It will plug the leaks. Once this is done it can stand the weight of the rest of the slip being poured in.

But when you have a huge mess Brawny is terrific. It doesn't fall apart.

I like being asked questions.

Wish List Progress....I'm so happy this morning to announce that every piece has been glazed. By tonight they will be dry and I'll put them into the kiln to fire. The kiln will open up on Monday. Of course if there are glaze skips I'll be working on them one more time but there's always hope.

The Missionary's Downfall Alter Bowl after working on the small cracks. Started the painting.

Added red to the bowl and to the alter bowl holder.

BaconSM's Leafy Bob has been painted with under glaze.

Three layers of white on the faces.

Three layers of black on the eyes and mouth.

Two layers of green clear over the under glaze. Set out in the windy backyard to dry and later into the kiln shed to await firing.

I'll load them tonight. Meanwhile its back to working on the Spy/Tiki painting.

Thank you for stopping by it means so much to me, Wendy

Post #639857 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jun 9, 2012 8:02 AM