Post #751678 by danlovestikis on Mon, Sep 28, 2015 3:01 PM

bkrownd thank you. It's fun to make these mugs and to try to make them special.

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Update on Wish List #6.

I go in waves of activities. I started the Wish List 4 months early because I needed to re-make 3 mugs for the Sacramento Crawl which is starting this Friday.

So as soon as I had enough for a kiln load that had dried I stopped making things and began to prepare a load for firing.

Dan sands the bottoms and outsides of the Hot Tub Hula Girls and I do all the rest.

Never skip the mask! I'm sanding Tyber Tiki's Washington D.C. mug.

This mug is for Chippy. The girl has been sanded flat and will be glazed wearing a swimsuit top.

I let Freddie Coester's severed head devil dry and now

I'm using this tool to age his skin.

The devil is now old and wrinkled.

Once everything was sanded Dan

got out the air compressor to blow off the dust.

We loaded the bottom shelf and

then the top shelf.

Now this will fire to maximally shrink all the pieces, this is called the bisque fire. I do a 2 hours preheat then a 13.5 slow ramp fire with a 25 minute hold. This really works well to prevent cracks and blow ups. Also if you shrink it well the glaze will not pop off during the second fire.

Cheers, Wendy