Post #692197 by danlovestikis on Sun, Sep 1, 2013 9:06 AM

hang10tiki it took a lot of patience but the payoff is huge. PS Dan wishes he were photo shopped as much as GROG

dartharnie I feel your yippee and smile, I'm smiling too.

GROG UPDATE:

They say you can't teach an old caveman new tricks but I'm going to see if I can. I've sent GROG a box of photoshop books to read while he recovers from his surgery. My hope is that we'll see more of his work here after he learns some new tricks. Best wishes for an excellent outcome of your surgical procedure on 9/11 dear friend. Please read his Blog from the Ohana pages with the link on VampiressRN's infirmary page. He'll keep you laughing.

Back to the Sacramento Crawl mugs.

I had used 5 jars of glaze so far and that helped me figure out how many more I would need for this project. I figured I needed 11 more so we went off to Alpha Fired Arts to buy them. When I took every jar off the shelf at Alpha and there were 11. I asked them how long before they would get more in because I could have figured it wrong. They said three weeks. I crossed my fingers.

I shake and stir the glaze and pour it into the mug.

I let it sit for 15 seconds and then I pour it back into the jar. Every so often I have to add distilled water to the jar because it becomes thicker.

This is a photo of a frustrating error. I poured the glaze into the mug and then due to fatigue I poured it out without a jar to catch it. I saved most of the glaze.

So I kept on going until

I did it again and this time it was on the table and I couldn't save the glaze. Sometimes you have to know when to quit.

I finished the rest the next morning.

It is Labor Day weekend so I'd better go do some labor! Cheers, Wendy