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 Tue, Oct 2, 2012 7:08 AM littlegiles I'm glad you can't see what I do. I use a flash light and you are far away. Hale Tiki good guess we could never do this with our day jobs. I'll contact you soon about shipping. The horrors of experimenting with glaze will be shown below! LoriLovesTiki thank you Lori, we would love those hugs like you love tikis. Remember how I forgot to clean out the glaze from the necklace holes before firing? Well it took Dan and hour to find a drill that would work but it did. The necklace for littlegiles. The necklace for tigertail7777. The heat caused a crack in the glaze. It was stable so I filled it with enamel paint turning Bob into a Tiger Bob. If this ever falls apart I'll make you another one tigertail7777. This needs to sit for 24 hours and then be baked to set. The necklace for littlegiles is finished. One of these days I've got to start shipping. Progress Report: I opened the kiln and immediately saw that the slate grey with lava was a failure. It ran over the spikes and onto the kiln shelf. Kiln wash prevents the stick from being permanent. When you pull something loose you just re-paint the shelf for next time. Without it the self and tiki would have been a loss. The lava just ran and the cracking was very slight. There were glaze slips on the top that need to be repaired. Bottom shelf. It sure is fun to see but Professor G's statue didn't turn out as ordered. Bottom right the spots turned light blue green. The larger crystals ran. It's a nice mug but it doesn't fulfill the wish. The small tiki Frankoma bowl for Joanne. The experiment with two glazes. Too much galze will make it run. Another lesson learned. The choras line. Another angle. These had glaze skips and I'll re-glaze them. Now for another day of tiki, cheers, Wendy __PS littlegiles suggested I give up trying to repair the Eric October bowl and just glaze the area that had popped out. So I did. There was also a pop out on the inner portion of the bowl. I hope this will end the story. _ [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-10-02 07:22 ]

littlegiles I'm glad you can't see what I do. I use a flash light and you are far away.
Hale Tiki good guess we could never do this with our day jobs. I'll contact you soon about shipping. The horrors of experimenting with glaze will be shown below!
LoriLovesTiki thank you Lori, we would love those hugs like you love tikis.

Remember how I forgot to clean out the glaze from the necklace holes before firing? Well it took Dan and hour to find a drill that would work but it did.

The necklace for littlegiles.

The necklace for tigertail7777.

The heat caused a crack in the glaze. It was stable so I

filled it with enamel paint turning Bob into a Tiger Bob. If this ever falls apart I'll make you another one tigertail7777. This needs to sit for 24 hours and then be baked to set.

The necklace for littlegiles is finished. One of these days I've got to start shipping.

Progress Report:

I opened the kiln and immediately saw that the slate grey with lava was a failure. It ran over the spikes and onto the kiln shelf.

Kiln wash prevents the stick from being permanent. When you pull something loose you just re-paint the shelf for next time.

Without it the self and tiki would have been a loss. The lava just ran and the cracking was very slight. There were glaze slips on the top that need to be repaired.

Bottom shelf. It sure is fun to see but Professor G's statue didn't turn out as ordered. Bottom right the spots turned light blue green. The larger crystals ran. It's a nice mug but it doesn't fulfill the wish.

The small tiki Frankoma bowl for Joanne.

The experiment with two glazes. Too much galze will make it run. Another lesson learned.

The choras line.

Another angle.

These had glaze skips and I'll re-glaze them.

Now for another day of tiki, cheers, Wendy

__PS littlegiles suggested I give up trying to repair the Eric October bowl and just glaze the area that had popped out. So I did. There was also a pop out on the inner portion of the bowl. I hope this will end the story.
_

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-10-02 07:22 ]

Post #654127 by danlovestikis on Tue, Oct 2, 2012 7:08 AM