Post #724172 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jul 29, 2014 3:00 PM

MaukaHale after devoting so much time on each one of these I have a whole new appreciation of multicolored mugs.

hang10tiki Tiki Atari may go down in history for making the most elaborate design ever.

MadDogMike I really liked the photo and I'm looking forward to a hard copy. Do you amaze Teresa every day? You are so creative.

Professor G breath! I actually had to hold my breath when doing the glazing. Those little teeth were so hard.

LoriLovesTiki and there's so much more to do!

TikiAno another keeper for my PS file. Tiki Hula did a perfect job of glazing. I'll have to do it exactly the same for all the crawl mugs. He still needs to paint on the gold that I got from Mahalo Tiki.

I held off on the clear glaze in case there were errors or if the added L's popped off. Once the clear goes on it's impossible to fix most problems.

Our tiki buddies are showing us a good time. We've had a gift of CD's from hang10tiki and now your chocolate and wall hanging. This is a very fun month.

Thank you all for your messages.

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When I unload the kiln I first wash my hands until they feel oil free. I still have to add clear glaze and it will not stay put if there is dust or oil on the surface of the mug. After that I run my hands looking to see if any glaze pops off.

Unfortunatly two of the added L's came off. So 9 mugs kept them this time around. The L's still have to survive firing when the clear goes on. Finger's crossed.

I re-glazed with the background color and then added the L's in their color. I didn't make them quite as thick this time.

I had purchased a lot of the teal under-glaze so on 4 of the mugs I used it on the inside of the mug. After firing the first time I am now glazing the inside of the mugs with clear.

After I poured out the excess I sat them upside down in dishes to further drain.

Then I spun them to coat the top of the mugs.

Two more coats on the L's until they had a total of 4. Last time it was a total of 10.

For my special version of Tiki Atari's mug I did a night scene. I left parts of the mug in white bisque so that this last color of glaze would show up well. This glaze sparkles in silver specks.

I didn't want the hula girl to have these speckles so I did her in the regular clear glaze first.

The on the entire rest of the mug

I did three layers of the blue speckled glaze.

Next I let them dry overnight. That way I can put fingers into the inside of the mug to lift it off the spikes when I glaze them with an air brush. Now it was time to glaze all of the outsides of the mugs. Notice that the nipples are no longer white.

I sprayed each mug with four layers of clear.

That meant I had to lift them on and off the turn top 40 times. I didn't have to clear glaze the blue mug.

All done and ready to fire. I wanted to get started so I did a 10 hour pre-heat to remove the moisture and a 13.5 hour ramp. So almost 24 hours to fire these the best way possible.

Will the L's survive? I hope so. They are still firing as I type.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-07-29 15:27 ]