Post #702117 by danlovestikis on Sat, Dec 14, 2013 9:37 PM

HAPPY HOLIDAYS - I LOVE ALL THE MULTI-COLORED LIGHTS THAT KEEP POPPING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TikiRootsRocka we always look forward to running into at the events. We are missing the Tong Hut tomorrow. Just too much to do. I started my tiki career by learning to repair Dan's mugs.

hang10tiki woo hoo I got photoshopped and I loved it. Thank you. Did you stretch my smile bigger?
You sure have found a lot of stuff. I keep going to tiki finds to see what you captured for your collection.
I think I see another tiki room in your future!

Thank you so much for the video montage of Dan and I. It's the first CD to play on my new laptop. I snapped photos as I watched it for a second time.

LoriLovesTiki he does so love his tikis and his soup too. See below.

VampiressRN just one a day is all her asks. I hope you are feeling better.

TikiAno I always hope there's another tiki event coming up that we can make it too. I love seeing everyone and Dan loves shopping. I'm still learning how one day at a time. You are doing great, keep at it.

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Today I took Dan to lunch so he could have his favorite bowl of soup. That's my bowl in front.

When we got home he went to work on the dining room which is slowly becoming tikified.

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It's Christmas time so I have to work on Christmas gifts for my great-niece and great-nephew along with all the tikis.
Since glazing tikis and glazing for the kids is kind of the same I want to show how I did them. These match the bowls and tumblers I made for them the past two years.

At the same time I re-glazed a couple of crawl mugs, one for Tiki Hula and also his volcano.

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All of the Paint your own stores start with a pre-fired ceramic that you glaze. This time I bought two plates that I glazed at home. First I washed the plates and then while they were still damp I started the project. Moist bisqued wear will grip the glaze tighter.

I started by writing on the bottom with a special under-glaze pencil. Then I covered the words with clear glaze and then the entire bottom with the glaze to match the rest of their sets.

When the bottoms were dry a couple of days later I started an edge design on Nathan's plate.

Now on the front of the plate I added the same design.

Next I filled it in with red by pouring it in the middle and dragging it into place. This works because the plate is moist.

Finished the glazing so then I decorated it with writing and designs with French Dimensions. It comes in a squeeze bottle.

Loaded with Tiki Hula's mug, and some Zombie Torch flames. I'm hiding his last name with my finger.

Fired.

Stepping back. I also glazed Samantha's dish first with one color

and then the next.

I used the French Dimension's to write her name and to decorate her plate.

In the kiln with Tiki Hula's volcano.

Fired.

Ready for Christmas dinner.

Each year they have brought the pieces I've made them before. I hope they do that again.

I'll be back to tiki's on here tomorrow. Thank you for the visit. Cheers, Wendy