MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 6:51 AM I can't believe I got up at 5:30 on a SUNDAY to take a picture of a mug! But I'm really stoked about the way this turned out. I really like the way this finish turned out. The clay was burnished and polished while it was drying so it has a smooth surface without glaze, then Minwax Paste Finishing Wax was rubbed on to give it a gloss. Nice colors all around and you can see where the copper mesh left dark patterns on the clay. The inside glaze was undamaged so it still can be used for drinking. I like several of the more "organic" looking firing techniques like pit firing, smoke firing, and raku - but I haven't found a way to make them food safe, saggar firing solves that problem. No my only problem is to come up with some designs for this finish that are sufficiently "Tiki". I may do another of Bryan's Kamehameha Bown and saggar fire the outside after I glaze the inside and the heads. But I have to find someone with a bigger kiln that located OUTSIDE. I'm planning a new and improved Japanese Lantern (sorry LittleGiles, you get the prototype :lol: ). The Japanese Lantern Mug isn't very "Tiki", I guess I could sell them in the parking lot of Benihanas :D I will be sending this out to LittleGiles, probably not until after I get back from Oasis.

I can't believe I got up at 5:30 on a SUNDAY to take a picture of a mug! But I'm really stoked about the way this turned out.

I really like the way this finish turned out. The clay was burnished and polished while it was drying so it has a smooth surface without glaze, then Minwax Paste Finishing Wax was rubbed on to give it a gloss. Nice colors all around and you can see where the copper mesh left dark patterns on the clay. The inside glaze was undamaged so it still can be used for drinking. I like several of the more "organic" looking firing techniques like pit firing, smoke firing, and raku - but I haven't found a way to make them food safe, saggar firing solves that problem.

No my only problem is to come up with some designs for this finish that are sufficiently "Tiki". I may do another of Bryan's Kamehameha Bown and saggar fire the outside after I glaze the inside and the heads. But I have to find someone with a bigger kiln that located OUTSIDE. I'm planning a new and improved Japanese Lantern (sorry LittleGiles, you get the prototype :lol: ). The Japanese Lantern Mug isn't very "Tiki", I guess I could sell them in the parking lot of Benihanas :D

I will be sending this out to LittleGiles, probably not until after I get back from Oasis.

Post #647939 by MadDogMike on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 6:51 AM