Post #741775 by danlovestikis on Sat, Apr 25, 2015 9:07 AM

hang10tiki you are so right. Dan wants everything I make. When I finish the Wish List #5 outside of home orders I have many to start glazing for Dan. I'll be just as busy as I am right now because I have a table full to glaze yet but also the Sacramento Crawl mug. I won't run out of work to post. Once you said I was busy busy busy. Yep!

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Update on Dan's first beard. It's still growing! He had an appointment for new glasses. Do you like this style?

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Dan and I visited kingstiedye yesterday and I got to see where he has put some of my art.

The Bloody Maori was my idea and sculpture but Gecko'z did the glazing.

Mostly Sacramento Crawl mugs here. This years will be my best.

These two were on Wish List #5. He said he watches TV and his favorite mugs. I'm honored to be in that location.

Thank you Bullet.

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Wish List #5 Progress Report.

HORRORS! I messed up Professor G's small peanut mug with Maori Bob mask! It was to be blue. We talked it over and here's what's happening right now. I've added small blue dots and blue onto the already glazed brown rims. This is an experiment to see what will happen. Maybe the rim will run down the face like blue blood! He's being very nice to me but if I ruin this one I'll make him another.

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Tyber Tiki in addition to his HUGE Maori lamp picked out a small Tiki Bob statue.

All done.

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Wood Tiki aka WoodyMillerArt.com Supercarved Tiki Bob.

I'm showing all the steps because he is going to be making his own mugs soon. He's even made a mold.

He requested a brown Bob with black in the indentations. So I choose the brown which has black speckles and a fun multicolored glaze for the interior.

I started by using the micro-tip to place the black glaze into the grooves.

All done and drying.

One spot at a time.

Every so often I would stop and do something else while it dried and then I'd start again.

Once it had dried I rubbed off all the excess with a wet washcloth. I've learned it works better than a paper towel and doesn't leave any particles behind.

Using this glaze I

covered the face in white.

Now it's time to add the brown glaze to all the tapa patterns.

I layered it on thickly so that I could do it just once. It took 3 hours to cover the mug.

Once the entire mug was done and dried I used a mesh sandpaper to rough it up. It is tapa after all.

Using the sand paper exposed some of the bisque. So once that had been done I needed to cover the mug with a clear glaze

so that it will all be smooth.

Now it will dry for the kiln.

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I'm getting close.

The bottom of the kiln is loaded and there are pieces ready for the top level.

It's time to go to work. Cheers, Wendy