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, Mar 12, 2013 9:19 AM Hale Tiki I can tell you are an artist, the flowers were the hardest part. dartharnie you cutie, what did you say about 14 year old boys? Chippy oh no that's grey/brown not green. LoriLovesTiki I think you made Chippy's and my day. Chippy ceramics are a very slow art form. Dawee Tiki I only use Liquitex Glossies. They are found on the Dick Blick web page. The red is identical to the red used on vintage tikis for tongues and skirts. Paint, wait 24 hours and bake at 325 for 45 minutes. Just like with the old mugs you must not wash in hot water or scrub. Tomorrow I'm buying more glaze for the run of 30 Severed Heads. Maybe in 1.5 weeks I'll start working on those non-stop. Having watchers keeps me working! TikiAno I'm making the Bobs torches by putting a flicker light bulb on top. It's all the wiring that's hard. I couldn't find the parts I wanted so I'll just work something out. Are you impressed just like the lettering? Ha Ha. I see hot chocolate in our futures. The woman are built to impress. Progress Report Wish List #3 I'm getting out the ball and chain today to make sure I get a lot done. MP requested a satin finish on a Severed Head. It is done but he can't have it until the run is released. This was one of the extra heads I'd poured for AP's I added clay inside all of the chins on the severed heads to make them sturdier. When I glazed MP's mug I could see a separation between the cast and the added clay. I will never move but I wanted to fill it and re-glaze anyway. After the product dried I added more glaze and I'll fire it again. The torches have joined the group ready to fire. I worked on the glaze problem with dartharnies Bela Lugosi. I sanded the whole cape. Then a ran a wire brush over it. Once I had all the problem areas identified I worked to pop loose any glaze I could with a dental instrument. Surprise some came loose at the shoulders. Then I scrubbed these areas with a rough pad and then I glazed them. 3 layers were there was no glaze and one over the whole cape like glue. I added gold ceramic paint to the sunglasses and ascot. The lens are now almost black. Just checking he is still invisible! I better get working or I won't have photos for tomorrow. Thank you for all the wonderful comments. You've given me energy for the day. Cheers, Wendy

Hale Tiki I can tell you are an artist, the flowers were the hardest part.

dartharnie you cutie, what did you say about 14 year old boys?

Chippy oh no that's grey/brown not green.

LoriLovesTiki I think you made Chippy's and my day.

Chippy ceramics are a very slow art form.

Dawee Tiki I only use Liquitex Glossies. They are found on the Dick Blick web page. The red is identical to the red used on vintage tikis for tongues and skirts. Paint, wait 24 hours and bake at 325 for 45 minutes. Just like with the old mugs you must not wash in hot water or scrub.

Tomorrow I'm buying more glaze for the run of 30 Severed Heads. Maybe in 1.5 weeks I'll start working on those non-stop. Having watchers keeps me working!

TikiAno I'm making the Bobs torches by putting a flicker light bulb on top. It's all the wiring that's hard. I couldn't find the parts I wanted so I'll just work something out.

Are you impressed just like the lettering? Ha Ha. I see hot chocolate in our futures.

The woman are built to impress.

Progress Report Wish List #3

I'm getting out the ball and chain today to make sure I get a lot done.

MP requested a satin finish on a Severed Head. It is done but he can't have it until the run is released. This was one of the extra heads I'd poured for AP's

I added clay inside all of the chins on the severed heads to make them sturdier. When I glazed MP's mug I could see a separation between the cast and the added clay. I will never move but I wanted to fill it and re-glaze anyway.

After the product dried I added more glaze and I'll fire it again.

The torches have joined the group ready to fire.

I worked on the glaze problem with dartharnies Bela Lugosi. I sanded the whole cape. Then a ran a wire brush over it. Once I had all the problem areas identified I worked to pop loose any glaze I could with a dental instrument.

Surprise some came loose at the shoulders.

Then I scrubbed these areas with a rough pad and then I glazed them. 3 layers were there was no glaze and one over the whole cape like glue.

I added gold ceramic paint to the sunglasses and ascot. The lens are now almost black.

Just checking he is still invisible!

I better get working or I won't have photos for tomorrow. Thank you for all the wonderful comments. You've given me energy for the day. Cheers, Wendy

Post #670748 by danlovestikis on Tue, Mar 12, 2013 9:19 AM