Post #652359 by danlovestikis on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23 AM

littlegiles not just every surface but all the walls too. Our home is filled with tikis and tiki projects. Are we nuts...yes in a good way!
VampiressRN we would love a huge workspace and Dan would love to have his whole collection in one big room. It's never going to happen so we are grateful we have it worked out.
LoriLovesTiki my favorite peanut mug is the sea-green. All of the detail in the carving shows up best with that color. You should get what you like they all turned out really well. They are so thick and heavy you can use them as barbells, that's my style.

Progress Report on the Sacramento Crawl mug.
We set up outside.

Caribbean Blue glaze by Duncan.

I sprayed the outside of all the mugs as Dan brought them too me. He used 2 fingers on the inside of the mug to lift them off the stand and to put them on the table.

I got to sit there while he was up and down 45 times for layer one.

With the first layer finished we took a 30 min. break so they could dry.

Now we started again but this time each mug was upside down. This insures that all areas get covered. As an example the bottom edge of the skirt.

Notice that there is now a board under the mug on the turn table. The mugs were too wet to lift without disturbing the glaze. So we used boards for swapping.

Dan would bring me a mug upside down on the board and take away the one I'd just sprayed. Then the would go if front of the fan to dry it enough that he could lift it off for the next swap. 45 five more times for layer 2.

I decided that we would keep them in this position for layer three. Once again 45 times.

It took us 5 hours and two breaks. I just turned on the kiln after letting them dry overnight. I had 8 mugs that didn't fit so I'll be firing again soon.

Now I need to start glazing some of the Wish List projects as well as make more of them. Busy busy busy its a good life. Cheers, Wendy