SWIZ - Mugs 'n' Stuff....wall hanging. - Other Crafts

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1460	S swizzle Posted posted on Sat, Aug 23, 2014 4:02 AM Thanks littlegiles. There's another new one pictured below. Thanks tikiskip, mp, cy (i love that barnacle-like effect myself) and Chippy. So it's been a little while since i've posted and haven't been doing a great deal of work although i do have a new mug design you'll see in a moment. First off here are several more pendants. I've actually made quite a few of the skull ones but i'm only showing a handful here, and there are a few more moais than what is pictured also. This particular one i made for myself. The shells came from a necklace i found at a thrift store. We have the Unholy Rabble Tiki Punksters Suck Em' Up Melbourne Mai Tai Crawl coming up in November so i've made a few more wall hangings. I have more but these are the only ones i've glazed so far with new glazes i picked up while i was in the U.S. in June. Here's another volcano bowl which i am devastated has cracked. When i opened the kiln i was so happy as it turned out even better than i was hoping for and it looked fine. It wasn't until i was taking photos of it that i noticed it had cracked and after having a closer look at it i found another crack on the opposite side. I spoke to my ceramics supplier and he said i could try refiring and the glaze might re-melt to cover the crack or it could also open up further. I don't think i want to take the risk ruining it completely so i'm just going to leave it. As a display piece the cracks are not noticable unless you look up close. Being winter here i think the kiln cooled down too quickly as the ambient temperature outisde the kiln was so cold and also the kiln wasn't completely full to retain the heat, although there is also the possibilty there was an issue with the various glazes i used. I've already started on another one i'll glaze very similar (i'm going to try a different blue on the outside) which i hope stays in one piece. And finally my new mug design. He's new, he's a moai, it's Staff Sergeant Nuoai. And here's a pic of a few more with additional carving on them i still have to glaze. That's it for now. Cheers swizzle [ Edited by: swizzle 2014-08-23 18:57 ]

Thanks littlegiles. There's another new one pictured below.

Thanks tikiskip, mp, cy (i love that barnacle-like effect myself) and Chippy.

So it's been a little while since i've posted and haven't been doing a great deal of work although i do have a new mug design you'll see in a moment.

First off here are several more pendants. I've actually made quite a few of the skull ones but i'm only showing a handful here, and there are a few more moais than what is pictured also.

This particular one i made for myself. The shells came from a necklace i found at a thrift store.

We have the Unholy Rabble Tiki Punksters Suck Em' Up Melbourne Mai Tai Crawl coming up in November so i've made a few more wall hangings. I have more but these are the only ones i've glazed so far with new glazes i picked up while i was in the U.S. in June.

Here's another volcano bowl which i am devastated has cracked. When i opened the kiln i was so happy as it turned out even better than i was hoping for and it looked fine. It wasn't until i was taking photos of it that i noticed it had cracked and after having a closer look at it i found another crack on the opposite side. I spoke to my ceramics supplier and he said i could try refiring and the glaze might re-melt to cover the crack or it could also open up further. I don't think i want to take the risk ruining it completely so i'm just going to leave it. As a display piece the cracks are not noticable unless you look up close. Being winter here i think the kiln cooled down too quickly as the ambient temperature outisde the kiln was so cold and also the kiln wasn't completely full to retain the heat, although there is also the possibilty there was an issue with the various glazes i used. I've already started on another one i'll glaze very similar (i'm going to try a different blue on the outside) which i hope stays in one piece.