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 Sat, Jun 22, 2013 9:47 PM My routine is mixed up. Now I'm posting in the evening rather than the morning. littlegiles thank you three times! The day of the volcano is near. hang10tiki Dan says thank you to all those who sent well wishes, he appreciated them. MadDogMike now that got a good laugh from Dan. Hale Tiki we like being called adorable. Are you getting any photos or videos of Hukilau? WaikikianMoeKele you may not have glowed in the dark but you would have made a Geiger counter tick. I hope you had a good report like Dan. I can't "bare" to lose a good woman cast. Thank you so much. Progress Report Dan and I needed an energy boost. So we went to Chevy's. We had a coupon. Spend $30 and get $10 off. Well we were one dollar short so we had to order desert. It was their Coconut/Candied Pecans/Carmel Cajeta ice cream desert. I swear and so does Dan that it is the best desert we have ever had in our whole lives. I would like to live on these but it would be a short life. Even though we cast this bowl the surfaces are not smooth. So I use wooden tools and scrape the sides and bottom. This will show where there are dips that need clay added. I just add clay and smooth it. When the bowl is dry it will also be sanded but this way the sides and bottom stay thicker. We have finally gotten the number for the run of 50 poured and now I'm casting some for glaze tests. Rain is due here on Monday so the molds will be under the porch roof and carried through the house. I opened the kiln and checked. No problems. The piece I made as a patch didn't crack and hopefully will work fine. Bottom shelf too. Now I've fired 30 of the crawl mugs. I scrubbed everything that was in the kiln. Inside with a sponge on a long stick and a fruit brush on the outside. Trays are so valuable. We buy them in thrift stores and garage sales. I just noticed my cat was hanging out with me. It was 97 in the shade. I bet hang10tiki had it hotter. The badge was really thick and I worried it would explode but it made it through. I was working alone so I had to get out the dremmel to smooth a couple of areas on mugs that I'd missed when sanding. I always dress up to use the dremmel. Just a close up of some washed mugs. Long view past my washing and rinse tubs. Mahalo Tiki went to Grass Valley and while there he picked up the lamp with my moai sculpt. Roge does a great job. He's listed on Marketplace if anyone wants to order one of his lamps. Well that's the Dan and Wendy show for tonight. Now I need some rest. Tomorrow I need to sand 24 mugs. Since the weigh around 4 pounds each it is a lot of lifting and holding. So far I've given out at 11. Tomorrow I'll go for a record just like the one the rain on Monday will break. I hope you are all having a fun Saturday night, cheers, Wendy

My routine is mixed up. Now I'm posting in the evening rather than the morning.

littlegiles thank you three times! The day of the volcano is near.

hang10tiki Dan says thank you to all those who sent well wishes, he appreciated them.

MadDogMike now that got a good laugh from Dan.

Hale Tiki we like being called adorable. Are you getting any photos or videos of Hukilau?

WaikikianMoeKele you may not have glowed in the dark but you would have made a Geiger counter tick.
I hope you had a good report like Dan.

I can't "bare" to lose a good woman cast. Thank you so much.

Progress Report

Dan and I needed an energy boost. So we went to Chevy's. We had a coupon. Spend $30 and get $10 off. Well we were one dollar short so we had to order desert. It was their Coconut/Candied Pecans/Carmel Cajeta ice cream desert. I swear and so does Dan that it is the best desert we have ever had in our whole lives. I would like to live on these but it would be a short life.

Even though we cast this bowl the surfaces are not smooth. So I use wooden tools and scrape the sides and bottom.

This will show where there are dips that need clay added.

I just add clay and smooth it. When the bowl is dry it will also be sanded but this way the sides and bottom stay thicker.

We have finally gotten the number for the run of 50 poured and now I'm casting some for glaze tests.
Rain is due here on Monday so the molds will be under the porch roof and carried through the house.

I opened the kiln and checked. No problems.

The piece I made as a patch didn't crack and hopefully will work fine.

Bottom shelf too. Now I've fired 30 of the crawl mugs.

I scrubbed everything that was in the kiln. Inside with a sponge on a long stick and a fruit brush on the outside.

Trays are so valuable. We buy them in thrift stores and garage sales. I just noticed my cat was hanging out with me. It was 97 in the shade. I bet hang10tiki had it hotter.

The badge was really thick and I worried it would explode but it made it through.

I was working alone so I had to get out the dremmel to smooth a couple of areas on mugs that I'd missed when sanding.

I always dress up to use the dremmel.

Just a close up of some washed mugs.

Long view past my washing and rinse tubs.

Mahalo Tiki went to Grass Valley and while there he picked up the lamp with my moai sculpt. Roge does a great job. He's listed on Marketplace if anyone wants to order one of his lamps.

Well that's the Dan and Wendy show for tonight. Now I need some rest. Tomorrow I need to sand 24 mugs. Since the weigh around 4 pounds each it is a lot of lifting and holding. So far I've given out at 11. Tomorrow I'll go for a record just like the one the rain on Monday will break.

I hope you are all having a fun Saturday night, cheers, Wendy

Post #683241 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jun 22, 2013 9:47 PM