Post #679929 by MadDogMike on Wed, May 29, 2013 8:33 AM

Thanks guys, Mexico was a blast and the toucan is enjoying his stay at the Headhunter Harbor. I was wrong though about the price - the condo cost us $225 per night. Still a bargain for 8 people - less than $30/person/night. Yes TikiAno, it should be wild down there this coming weekend with the races. They were already starting to come in last weekend and they have a reputation for playing hard :D

Finished the cat food dish. It turned out OK except that the color of the face is a bit dark and the facial features don't show up well. That's fine, it will be filled with cat food anyway. Lucifer seems to be very impressed with her new bowl ~ NOT! :lol:

One of our TC members had requested one of my El Tiki mugs in Trader Tom's Mystic Blue glaze. That glaze is a high fire so I started doing some research for a similar low fire glaze and found a technique called Opalescent over Velvet. You put a base coat of Amaco Velvet underglaze first in whatever color you want. I used a red/brown that I brushed on light and a bit uneven hoping for more color variation. Then I brushed on 2 coats of Amaco Bluebell Opalescent. The Opalescent is opaque where it pools in the low spots and transparent where it thins on the high spots, allowing the base coat to show through.

This was my first try at this technique, it is much more transparent than I expected. I could have used a lighter base coat and 3 coats of Opalescent, I may put on another coat and fire it again.

Clay, the oldest and most divine art media;
"And now, from the clay of the ground, the Lord God formed man" Genesis 2:7
Pirate Ship Tree House

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2013-05-29 08:35 ]