Post #745627 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jun 26, 2015 9:54 AM

hang10tiki me too. I doubt they'll leave this house!

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The next steps for the Swap mug, HUGE Maori jar for the Xiem Clay Center Show and the necklaces.

It took three weeks for the HUGE Maori jar to dry and just a week for the two mugs and necklaces to dry. Now they are all ready to sand.

This shows how I sand the bottom of the mugs and a mesh sheet of "sand" paper. That's the Swap mug.

Using plaster and sanding both require a mask. See the flash reflecting off the particles? All done.

Dan's job is to air compress off the dust while I load them into the kiln. We both wear ear protection and the masks.

This Maori is so large that he's holding it while I take the photo and aim the nozzle at the inside.

Down and

up and

sideways.

All done.

The last one was the Swap mug.

I loaded them into the kiln one by one. They could have been stacked on top of each other but I wanted to say I'd made enough to fill one shelf. I'm done with sculpting and casting and I'll only be glazing now for months!

The bisque fire is done and cooled and ready to be washed.

One of our washing tubs cracked so we got a couple of short garbage cans this time. Our plants get excited when we wash ceramics because they know they'll get a drink. We try to do different shrubs each time.

Waiting to be washed you can see the HUGE Maori jar with the lid on.

Top view.

Starting to wash.

All the next loads will be glazing loads. Now the real fun begins! Cheers, Wendy