Post #742109 by danlovestikis on Fri, May 1, 2015 9:45 AM

Woodtiki thank you Woody. I needed it. I woke up this morning refreshed however Dan had me walk with him to the grocery store. We bought too much. Carrying it home in the heat was hard.

The good news is that last night I was ready to photograph everything in the kiln and I got it done. See Below!

Tyber Tiki I'm ready to share. Thank you all for understanding that I needed a break.

hang10tiki the coconut oil is good for her skin!

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Progress Report on Wish List #5

Glazing is so tricky. If I add too much I can lose the detail. If I don't add enough I may need to add more and fire a second time. I chose to be careful with the detail. Even still there were surprises when I opened the kiln.

For me even one small defect is something I would try my best to correct. Every time I glaze I learn something. This time around I had problems with the Tiki Bob faces leaching color into the white face. I don't know if I can correct it but I'm going to try. I like clean edges.

Here we go. I'm starting with those that I think came out of the kiln just fine.

If what I show is your project please feel free to tell me if you didn't get your wish fulfilled. I am always willing to start over or to cancel your order. I want everyone happy, that's my goal.

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Tiki Hula you requested and I heard you! Here are the Photos for Tyber Tiki's two projects.

First is a small Tiki Bob statue that had the glaze leach into the white face. I can either try to cover it with glaze or paint the face with white enamel since it is a statue. Tyber Tiki you choose. the enamel is fast and I can ship to you sooner or I can try to fix it with glaze.

Tyber Tiki are you happy with this glaze? If I were to make the background darker the carving wouldn't stand out as much.
This glaze is called Expresso.

I'm showing a lot of photo here because this is your chance to evaluate if it meets your expectations.

Out of the kiln in natural light.

Black Velvet photos with a flash.

Photos to compare with the alternate glaze.

Check your PM's for a message.

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Next up are the two mugs I made for Pocketiki of England. We are doing a trade.

Shall I box them up?

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This mug #8 mirror image with changes from Jen Tiki's #8 is for Kenneth G. McNeil.

The glaze I used moved and did some overflow from one part of the carving to the next.

Check it out and see if it's acceptable.

Next up is his second Wish for a Fun Fake Tiki Bob.

Being realistic I don't think I can paint smaller words on this mug with enamel. The real mug was done with a decal that was printed by a machine. I'm not that good.

Doing each of these letters with three layers worked but

I still ended up with a bit of leaching at the chin with the brown glaze.

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This is a good place to stop for today because I have work waiting for me.

Please critique your projects carefully and get back to me here or by Personal Message.

Thank you, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-05-01 11:27 ]