Post #672456 by danlovestikis on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 8:15 AM

littlegiles Opening the kiln is as scary as seeing a ghost. You never know what is going to happen. I will keep trying to fix Pac Man just for the heck of it. Thank you for the WooHoo!

tigertail777 thank you several times. I'd never heard that about glaze becoming old. That is very scary because I've stock piled glaze. What I've found is that clay is mud. It's not as uniform as you would think. Handling it can change it. Every time the glaze pops off I've found that the clay underneath has turned to powder. Glaze will not stick to a speck of dust. I have used the same glaze on several of the mugs and it only comes off of Pac Man. I just had that happen with a red underglaze. It did the tongue on the bug eyed head and it came out beautifully but on my other project it all popped off and underneath there was dust.

Yesterday I caught Dan going through and re-arranging his tikis in the kitchen cupboard.

Progress Report: I did my fancy photos.

Shrunken Severed Head. I finished adding enamel to the strings and today I'll bake him in the house oven.

Bug-eyed Severed Head.

Tongue cut out Severed Head.

Tapa Snake Severed Head.

Dan's gone out to work on his man cave project. It's time to work on the run of 30 severed heads. Thank you for checking on my progress. You all make it worthwhile. Wendy