Post #663721 by TikiAno on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 9:46 PM

Further progress on the "Narwhals of the (North) South Pacific" Mug. I admit the Marquesan face on the Narwhal makes it look slightly like Charlie the Tuna pre-glazing. After bisque firing, it looked like this:

Cleaned up the piece by sanding down a few of the edges. After blowing out all of the clay dust, started glazing. While normally I try to use a single glaze on the exterior, I went with a few different glazes on the exterior AND interior of the cup. Due to the time frame (and not having my own kiln, and no test tiles for some new glazes) I took a few chances. Hopefully I didn't screw it up completely. :)

Here's a shot after glazing.

I went with a Light Shino for the outside- the dark brown tones should really come alive around the stone work side- and Mike gave a nice shout-out to that particular glaze on another piece I worked on. I'm pretty stoked with how the interior will look- glazing it was a royal pain, but long brushes and squinting helped getting the job done. Thicker glasses might have helped, too. Next time...