Post #741486 by danlovestikis on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 1:26 PM

hang10tiki if electricity was cheaper or I had a small kiln I sure would do these faster. Oh well anticipation is fun too. I hope they turn out really well for you.

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Here was one more photo of IDoVooDoo's necklace from the side. I need to start printing addresses so Dan can ship these projects.

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Wish List #5 progress report.

So far RVICTOR's Tiki Modern mug has been the hardest to glaze. Fingers crossed it turns out well. I spent 3 days on this one mug.

First I choose the colors that matched the cover of the book best. This is a terrific book to add to your collections.

Then I started with all the black areas using the book and RVICTORS excellent drawing. If you are watching his thread you know he could have done this mug himself. I'm pleased he choose me because I like to be challenged.

Every color has to be done 3 times. It's best to let them completely dry between layers.

Next the orange/red and then

the caramel color.

Here's where the slow down began. To match the book I needed to keep the first color out of the indentations.

The first caramel layer is done.

Here's the mug so far from

each side.

I changed rooms the next day so I could listen to some mindless chatter on TV.

The second layer of caramel is added.

This same day I did the third layer.

Now it's beginning to look like the cover.

The underglaze (Duncan Concepts) that I am using is a gloss. So now it was time to do a white glaze over the white bisque. I got out the little squeeze bottle.

I had a visitor! He said your lines are not perfect. Oh well!

You can see how well this works. I couldn't do this with a brush. I fill it up completely and that equals the 3 layers. I couldn't do that with the caramel because it would run into the indentations and then I'd have to clean it out. That happened with the brush too even though I was very careful.

This is now finished and hopefully it will resemble the book close enough to be recognizable.

All of Sven's books are wonderful and he also has a video too that we love.

My hope is that all the glaze stays put and comes out good. I did my best.

Cheers, Wendy