Post #713600 by danlovestikis on Thu, Apr 10, 2014 9:12 PM

littlegiles I didn't have a Bumatay but see what I did have below.

dartharnie it's yours and now I need a color choice.

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I had one more Moai left so that's what took the place of the War God I removed. Since there were a couple of bare spots I added a hieroglyphic and a tape square. All Done and ready to Dry.

After it dried for a few days I carved in the detail from our mask.

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At this point I've finished sculpting and everything has been drying. Now it's time to sand and fire.

But first we needed to replace the thermal couple in the kiln. It measures the heat inside the kiln and adjusts accordingly.
This is the new one.

Dan took out the screws and opened the door.

He loosened the screws and

took out the old one and then reversed the process.

Now it was time to so the steps it takes to get ready and then to load the kiln.

I needed to sand and fine tune everything on the table.

Different angle.

I started with Dan's Volcano Tiki Bob bowl.

Next the Moai bowl was sanded

as well as the outside.

Then the Bamboo Moai.

When I was done Dan started to blow off the dust.

It started to rain so I moved under the roof and away from the noise.

South Sea bowl.

Another side.

I had enough to fill the bottom of the kiln.

Dan finished up dusting the last bowl and I

put them on the top shelf. Not a full load but enough.

We've been working hard and it's all coming together.

Soon I'll have some glazing photos to show.

Tomorrow is going to be fun. The first day out of the house in a week except for a walk in our neighborhood.
We are going to the glaze store, my favorite place.

Cheers, Wendy