Post #653432 by danlovestikis on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 7:02 AM

hang10tiki thank you always.
Hale Tiki October, good luck.
Kele I can do that, classic Bob color or yellow orange which is brighter?
MadDogMike you are a classic.
tigertail7777 that sounds like a fun goal. I'd love to have everything in one room.
Hale Tiki you are so right it was a very fun day with new and old friends.

Progress Report: Wish List and Crawl mug.

Sometimes things look better than they really are and sometimes I forget a step. Dan says an assistance work is never finished.

I began to glaze the small Frankoma Tiki bowl and the tikis that had been put on and bisque fired with magic mend just popped off.

So I took them to the garage and beheaded them. The bowl and tiks are gone forever.

I went to put the necklaces together and found the holes were sealed with glaze. This was totally my fault. After finishing the glazing you need to clean the holes out and I forgot. Dan will drill them open.

I've been glazing for two super long days. I will be able to fire tonight.

Dan wire brushed, sanded and hosed off Marone Tiki's Moai bowl.

I reglazed it with 3 more layers of black and more red.

Alii Tiki ordered two Frankoma statues. This one in deep red with black specks and

this one in brown with the edges aged. After the 3 layers of glaze dry some I scrape off most of the glaze.

Then I take a wet paper towel and rub and smooth out the glaze.

Here's how it looks after I'm finished.

I love going to my glaze test wall and picking out color combinations. These are the colors for the Eric October bowl with the addition of the beige for the Bumatay fish faces.

I accumulate the glazes and go to work.

Three layers of each color.

I call 5 PM quiting time and anything I glaze after that is just getting ahead. I did some more Frankoma War God statues.

I still like glazing bottoms even though it keeps Dan busy sanding.

This is the only tall Bob, he still needs two layers of clear on his face.

I've had my computer freeze up doing this so many times that I submit every set of photos. I just saw that littlegiles is sending me encouragement while I work. Thank you sir I appreciate it very much.

Please critique the Sacramento Crawl mug. This is how I've chosen to paint them. Is it working or do you hate it? I hope I've kept the vintage feel.

Thank you all so much for your posts. Wendy

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