Post #749618 by RVICTOR on Sun, Aug 23, 2015 4:58 PM

Aloha again,
Not much time for posting lately...Summertime is party time and lots too do and see. Loving it and not slowing down much. Thought I should take a few minutes to post and let everyone know I'm still working at it. I may have to post everything in more than one post...

Hang10 - Looking forward to Vegas...Were going to have to plan a night out...not sure if we can do the Frankies / Golden Tiki tour in one night or not...It would be cool to see them both but if I had to pick just one...I think Frankies would be the obvious choice. Well have to plan a night out when it gets closer.

Been going steady with the tiki projects since the last post...but in a few different directions.

I guess I will start with the status of my 10 mug order of "Taki Tiki's" for the local bar...I ended up making three artist proof mugs with three different brown glazes. Of the three, I brought the owner two of the artist proofs to choose the color he wanted. The following pictures are the color he chose...I think the glazing turned out pretty good after two rounds of air brushing.

I initially did three coats, which was far too little glaze...Since you have to mix glaze and water at approximately a 50/50 ratio to spray it, I found that I had to double the number of coats to get the glaze where it was supposed to be. However, the glazing is really, really even after spraying it. Vantiki was right on with that advice.

Right now I have 5 that are done and 6 more in for firing.

The following is a picture of a glazing experiment on one of the Taki Tiki's...I also put a coke can in the photo for scale

This one had a coat of underglaze with a wipe off effect. After firing I sprayed two coats of the same brown on and fired again...I think it could stand one additional coat and it would be good to go.

This one was a glazing experiment because I made a mistake when I poured this one...I didn't drain it long enough. Actually, I did two this way...poured it out and then just turned it back over..."what could do wrong?", I thought. It will just be thicker on the bottom right?....

Wrong.

A fissure developed like on the bottom of a lake bed. This is clay right? Duh moment.
There are reasons that people like Wendy Cevola post all these little details...because they are all important steps to follow to make sure your work comes out right. Nobody likes putting an hour into cleaning up a piece just to get this...