Post #737168 by TikiAno on Wed, Feb 11, 2015 12:00 PM

Got a few pieces out of the kiln (finally), including the wheel thrown then hand carved Aloha Shirt Mug. Sorry for the pic heavy post. This has an underglaze under a yellowish glaze.

The third version of the Aloha Shirt Aloha Mug (the No.1 Version went to Jon/ Hang10 as part of the 2015 Art Swap). This has a blueish glaze underneath a gloss clear glaze. The clay body is "Speckled Buff," thus the underlying texture that I wanted to show through the glaze.

Then my son wanted to try on the mug...

The "pilot" version of "Da Bar" Mug is now finished. This form was thrown on a wheel by my friend Linda, then I finished it up. I'm working to mold a similar (and 100% hand built) version of this mug, originally intended for the upcoming San Diego Home Bar Crawl. Big thanks to Wendy for her moldmaking advice, but I doubt I'll have these finished in time- but the fun is in the making of them (for me, at least). It has a black underglaze underneath a Coyote glaze.

Last but not least is a small bowl that I threw. This midfire clay is very picky with how it reacts to glaze (it's Laguna B-3 Brown, for those keeping score). A few other potters I know can't get their pieces to not crack- though I've never had a problem with it. Until now. There's a tiny crack making it unusable for liquid, though I like how the glaze combo turned out. There's no glaze on the outside btw.

Mahalo for the visit!