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 Sun, Oct 21, 2012 7:30 AM Tiki Central was down in my area last night so I had to wait until this morning to share photos. Beachbumz, it worked. I only had one tiny spot where the glaze crawled and none popped off. Four layers worked! Since this glaze is flat and shiny I'll just touch that spot out with black enamel and you'll not be able to tell. It will make its journey to Hawaii in a day or two, I'm so jealous! hang10tiki she's getting tasty antibiotics twice a day. I'll just make a tiki face at her when she gets it. Yesterday we had visitors. They came to pick up their Sacramento Ohana Crawl mugs. anythonymaye brought us one of his original paintings. Thank you so much Anthony! thequinn Tonya and Bill also picked up their mug and we had a fun visit. All of the numbered mugs have sold out. I have some I pulled due to a very small glaze imperfection on the back if anyone is interested. $50 plus shipping. Progress Report Wish List #3: We opened the kiln. Top shelf. Bottom shelf. Hale Tiki suggested that we give up on the repairs for the Eric October bowl and just glaze over the area that had popped off. We did and now Dan will put it into his collection. I really like the four new glazes that I've tested. I'll use them soon. The four necklaces turned out. The yellow puffer is for ebTiki and the orange one is for HBTiki. The purple Bob bowl had two areas where the glaze popped off. This happens when the bisqed clay shrinks some more as it cools. I re-glazed this bowl and it will fire again. Hopefully it will be fixed. I aged Alii Tiki's War God. I'm still not sure if this will fulfill his wish. This one just can't be fixed. The glaze runs off and glues to my supports. It will just have to stay this way. Dan claimed the brown one in the middle as a reward for sanding all the bottoms. Wolf Man Bob came out just fine. It even looks like an old mug because I finally got some crazing in the glaze on the shirt. dartharnie shall I ship him and your crawl mug? Beachbumz here's your bowl! This photo shows the only tiny spot that didn't glaze. Can you tell which spot? I'll bake him in the home oven tonight to set the enamel. 19tikichef62's Volcano Missionary's Downfall Woman Shrunken Head Bob is ready for enamel highlights. On this kiln load both this Bob and the purple bowl Bobs had the black run on the faces. I don't know why. I waited overnight for the black to dry but I did use a different clear glaze. It doesn't look good on the bowl Bobs so I'll paint white enamel over the faces. I kind of like it here. I'll take direction from 19. The glaze from her hair also ran but it blends into the theme of her as one with the lava. Once I paint her details and do the tattoos on her and Bob it will work out. 22 photos that must be a record for me. I hope you enjoyed seeing the hits and misses. I always enjoy sharing with you. Cheers, Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-10-21 08:15 ]

Tiki Central was down in my area last night so I had to wait until this morning to share photos.

Beachbumz, it worked. I only had one tiny spot where the glaze crawled and none popped off. Four layers worked! Since this glaze is flat and shiny I'll just touch that spot out with black enamel and you'll not be able to tell. It will make its journey to Hawaii in a day or two, I'm so jealous!

hang10tiki she's getting tasty antibiotics twice a day. I'll just make a tiki face at her when she gets it.

Yesterday we had visitors. They came to pick up their Sacramento Ohana Crawl mugs.
anythonymaye brought us one of his original paintings. Thank you so much Anthony!

thequinn Tonya and Bill also picked up their mug and we had a fun visit.

All of the numbered mugs have sold out. I have some I pulled due to a very small glaze imperfection on the back if anyone is interested. $50 plus shipping.

Progress Report Wish List #3:

We opened the kiln. Top shelf.

Bottom shelf.

Hale Tiki suggested that we give up on the repairs for the Eric October bowl and just glaze over the area that had popped off. We did and now Dan will put it into his collection.

I really like the four new glazes that I've tested. I'll use them soon.

The four necklaces turned out. The yellow puffer is for ebTiki and the orange one is for HBTiki.

The purple Bob bowl had two areas where the glaze popped off. This happens when the bisqed clay shrinks some more as it cools.

I re-glazed this bowl and it will fire again. Hopefully it will be fixed.

I aged Alii Tiki's War God. I'm still not sure if this will fulfill his wish.

This one just can't be fixed. The glaze runs off and glues to my supports. It will just have to stay this way.

Dan claimed the brown one in the middle as a reward for sanding all the bottoms.

Wolf Man Bob came out just fine. It even looks like an old mug because I finally got some crazing in the glaze on the shirt. dartharnie shall I ship him and your crawl mug?

Beachbumz here's your bowl!

This photo shows the only tiny spot that didn't glaze.

Can you tell which spot? I'll bake him in the home oven tonight to set the enamel.

19tikichef62's Volcano Missionary's Downfall Woman Shrunken Head Bob is ready for enamel highlights. On this kiln load both this Bob and the purple bowl Bobs had the black run on the faces. I don't know why. I waited overnight for the black to dry but I did use a different clear glaze. It doesn't look good on the bowl Bobs so I'll paint white enamel over the faces. I kind of like it here. I'll take direction from 19.

The glaze from her hair also ran but it blends into the theme of her as one with the lava. Once I paint her details and do the tattoos on her and Bob it will work out.

22 photos that must be a record for me. I hope you enjoyed seeing the hits and misses. I always enjoy sharing with you. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-10-21 08:15 ]

Post #656270 by danlovestikis on Sun, Oct 21, 2012 7:30 AM