Post #647848 by swizzle on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 2:57 AM

Thanks for the compliment lunavideogames.

Thank you Wendy. I'll see you in a few days.

It's been a while since i last posted and i've glazed a few mugs since then so this post will be a bit of a photo dump.

First up is a custom mug for Wayne Hoareau of Wild tHing creations in colours of his choice.

Lime green and Pumpkin.

These are some test samples of glaze i mixed myself.

Although the brown on the left looks like a nice honey-brown colour in the sample for some reason the mug below came out quite orange after it was fired which i was a little unhappy with. Only because that was not the colour it was supposed to be.

Brown? and Red.

This is another mug i added some skulls to but i got a little carried away with this one. The skulls were hand painted with enamel.

Black and Paris Green.

This next mug didn't quite work out as i was hoping. It was glazed the same way as my previous mug with the 'Moko' but as you can see in the pictures the black didn't actually get right into the holes/dots i made and also in certain areas it exploded/bled around them. Because of that reason the only way i felt i could save the mug was to glaze it in a dark colour. As i didn't want to glaze it black i ended up adding black to one of the browns in the test samples above and reglazed it in that colour. Unfortunately because of the extra layer of glaze on it a lot of the carving detail got lost but i'm much happier with the result than what it looked like before.

Dark Brown and Light Jade.

Dark Brown and Purple.

I honestly can't remember which browns i used on this mug but both of them are again using ones from the test samples. Although the coverage on it is even i could have sprayed a few more layers of glaze onto it to get a deeper colour however i like how it came out as it doesn't look too 'flat', if that makes sense. I'll end up hand painting the skulls later.

The following four mugs are all part of my 'Grey Series'. The first three mugs have had black glaze brushed onto them and them wiped back off. This first one was another attempt at a Fat lava. Happy with how it turned out and also learnt a few new things while making it, which is always a good thing.

Grey slip, Red and clear.

Extremely happy with this one. I have to say that this probably my most favourite mug i have made so far.

Grey slip, Turquoise and clear.

This is another mug which came out differently to what i expected but i'm still very happy with the outcome. I used a 'crystal' glaze on the inside which i then overflowed and let run down the outside. I'm pretty sure that i didn't get the desired 'crystal' effect on the outside because the base mug is grey and not white therefore it obviously doesn't stand out as much. I'm also wondering if the clear that was sprayed over the top of it reacted with the crystal glaze at all.

Grey slip, Northern Light and clear.

And last but not least, another one i'd have to say is also one of my most favourite mugs so far. Unfortunately the mug was quite hard when i was cleaning it up and it had distorted at the top and when i squeezed it back into shape it cracked. As it is a test mug and the crack is on the inside you cannot tell when it is on display so i'm not to worried about it. The white frothy stuff on the outside is a new product i found and i tried a different colour crystal glaze on the outside. I'm sure the crystal glaze would look different on a mug that is white and not grey but it still came out well.

Grey slip, Grape Divine and Oyster Speckle White.

I have two other mugs i didn't post as one is a custom mug for a trade and the other is a gift and i don't want the recipients seeing them yet.

Well that's it from me at the moment and probably will be for a little while. Although i might still make a couple more General Ra Ra's, i think this mug has run it's course and it's time to start a new design. I already know what the next mug will be from one of my drawings, i just need to get off my butt and sculpt it..............then make the mold. :roll:

Until the next time,
Cheers
swizzle

P.S. I'll see some of you in a few days time at Tiki Oasis.

[ Edited by: swizzle 2012-09-24 01:42 ]