SWIZ - Mugs 'n' Stuff....yep! More lamps (and some pendants). - Other Crafts

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1449	S swizzle Posted posted on Sat, Apr 27, 2013 12:42 AM On 2013-04-08 06:27, Hale Tiki wrote: Swizzle, I wondered the same thing for a long time. I got that mold many moons ago. It's supposed to be the bottom of his headdress. Well that actually makes sense to me now. Thanks MDM. On 2013-04-08 10:53, GROG wrote: Swizzers, DON"T OPEN THE KILN TOO SOON! Patience you bastard. Haha. I must admit patience is not one of my strong points although i learnt a valuable lesson by my mistake. Thanks LoriLovesTiki. Glazed pics below. I'll be taking this bowl to the post office sometime this week to get a cost on shipping. My General Ra Ra's cost just under $30AUS to send and the Bob'O'Nuts are $40AUS when packed. I have no idea what this is going to be. Thanks David. The bowl is a slip casting. I miss you too Wendy. I'm hoping to make it back sooner rather than later. Ok, so just a quick update. First is a pic of another batch of Bob'O'Nuts ready to go to their new owners. I tried to reglaze them as GROG suggested and it worked a little bit. Some cracks covered but others didn't. Fortunately it happened to work on the faces so you can only see the cracks on the inside. I also filled them with water and let them sit overnight and they don't leak, so that's a good thing. The odd one out is what happens when you make custom pieces for friends who aren't actually into Tiki but want to support you. They choose their football teams colours. Here's another couple of General Ra Ra's. Unfortunately i dropped one of them in my previous post and broke it so i decided to make another pair as the the one that survived is going to be traded with another Tiki Central member. (I'll post pics of what i'm trading for when they have finished the piece.) I also got to try out my new blue glaze. And here is my new bowl after being glazed. I am extremely happy with how it came out. The rocks need a coat of clear on them but i don't have any brush-on clear and didn't want to spray it as i didn't want the clear going over the top of the other glazes and possibly affecting them. When i buy some i'll go over the rocks and re-fire it. Also, i'll be going about making any future ones another way. Instead of attaching the tiki to the bowl when it's wet i'm going to position it in it's place when it's been glazed and ready to fire and actually have the glaze fuse the two parts together. It was quite awkward to glaze and get into all the tight spots without making a mess so although it came out fine it will just be easier to do that way. Cheers swizzle [ Edited by: swizzle 2013-06-08 04:47 ]

On 2013-04-08 06:27, Hale Tiki wrote:
Swizzle, I wondered the same thing for a long time. I got that mold many moons ago. It's supposed to be the bottom of his headdress.

Well that actually makes sense to me now.

Thanks MDM.

On 2013-04-08 10:53, GROG wrote:
Swizzers,

DON"T OPEN THE KILN TOO SOON! Patience you bastard.

Haha. I must admit patience is not one of my strong points although i learnt a valuable lesson by my mistake.

Thanks LoriLovesTiki. Glazed pics below. I'll be taking this bowl to the post office sometime this week to get a cost on shipping. My General Ra Ra's cost just under $30AUS to send and the Bob'O'Nuts are $40AUS when packed. I have no idea what this is going to be.

Thanks David. The bowl is a slip casting.

I miss you too Wendy. I'm hoping to make it back sooner rather than later.

Ok, so just a quick update. First is a pic of another batch of Bob'O'Nuts ready to go to their new owners. I tried to reglaze them as GROG suggested and it worked a little bit. Some cracks covered but others didn't. Fortunately it happened to work on the faces so you can only see the cracks on the inside. I also filled them with water and let them sit overnight and they don't leak, so that's a good thing.
The odd one out is what happens when you make custom pieces for friends who aren't actually into Tiki but want to support you. They choose their football teams colours.

Here's another couple of General Ra Ra's. Unfortunately i dropped one of them in my previous post and broke it so i decided to make another pair as the the one that survived is going to be traded with another Tiki Central member. (I'll post pics of what i'm trading for when they have finished the piece.) I also got to try out my new blue glaze.

And here is my new bowl after being glazed. I am extremely happy with how it came out. The rocks need a coat of clear on them but i don't have any brush-on clear and didn't want to spray it as i didn't want the clear going over the top of the other glazes and possibly affecting them. When i buy some i'll go over the rocks and re-fire it. Also, i'll be going about making any future ones another way. Instead of attaching the tiki to the bowl when it's wet i'm going to position it in it's place when it's been glazed and ready to fire and actually have the glaze fuse the two parts together. It was quite awkward to glaze and get into all the tight spots without making a mess so although it came out fine it will just be easier to do that way.

Cheers
swizzle

[ Edited by: swizzle 2013-06-08 04:47 ]

Post #675709 by swizzle on Sat, Apr 27, 2013 12:42 AM