Post #711801 by danlovestikis on Fri, Mar 21, 2014 9:12 PM

hang10tiki even I had to search for some of them and I just washed them.

littlegiles mine too but I still have work to do. It's a matter of dust. I'll explain in a bit.

DooWop it makes it fun when the numbers go up but comments here are a real joy.

LoriLovesTiki that's where I was headed because I loved junk foods. I was lucky to have volunteered for the heart study in time to work on reversing the blockages in the blood vessels to my heart. We will miss him forever.

TikiAno glazing is the scary part but the most fun too.

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Here's a lesson in ceramics. Dust destroys glazes. One speck and the glaze crawls away from it leaving a defect. So before I glaze I have to finish all the sculpting of projects. Then I clean house really well and let the dust settle. Then I start to glaze.

Right now I have several Wish List #4 projects that didn't make it into the kiln. So I've been working to use up all the casts that I had made. None of these things are ordered but Dan has already claimed a few. I want to fill up the kiln and to fire again before I glaze.

I'll show you what I've made from the misc. casts. It's been fun and I'm getting closer. My goal is to fire by the end of next week and while the kiln cools to clean up all my clay mess and dust in the house.

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Here's one of my fooling around projects.

I started with one of my Ren Clark heads.

I cut out the inside of the mouth which wasn't very deep.

I made a new mouth interior.

I attached it.

Smoothed and sealed it. I liked the depth.

Then I made hair on his head and carved his eyes.

Next I added Moko and turned him into a Maori warrior.

I had a fun clay day. Cheers, Wendy