Post #751914 by danlovestikis on Fri, Oct 2, 2015 2:25 PM

Thank you hang10tiki.

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Progress Report on Wish List #6

The very first orders on the Wish List came during the time I was making Wish List #5. They were requests for the Hot Tub Hula Girl mugs. So that's what I'm glazing first and plan to finish them all. Then I can pair them up with the out of town orders for the Sacramento Crawl mugs. I always have a plan.

So here's more than a weeks worth of work.

I cleaned up all the mess from sculpting. Dust is an enemy of glaze. Clay makes dust. Once my home was clean I set up the table in the nook for glazing.

Dan is forever bumping, chipping and knocking over his tikis. He came to me with two damaged things. I Tiki Tony bowl and a special Sacramento Crawl mug from a couple of years back.

I told him if I was going to glaze it to pick out a favorite glaze and we'll see how it works on top of what's already there.

I filled the chip with Magic Mend for a few days. I dried it between layers. Then I put glaze right on top of it after sanding.

I lined up the 24 Hot Tub Hula Girls on the kitchen sink and got to work.

Each mug starts with the blue, water effect, glaze being poured in to the top. I let it sit 30 seconds and

poured it back out. All the glaze that goes in the wrong areas will have to be scrubbed off. That includes on the front of the coconut.

I worked in groups of 8 at a time. Once the inside was done

it was time to do 2 layers of the brown coconut glaze.

With these 8 done it was time

to do three layers of the skin tone glaze. With less than three they come out blotchy.

Here's layer 2.

Now that layer 3 is done the nipples can be glazed.

Next I do 2 layers of cover coat white and

follow it with one and then

a second coat of clear.

I did the first layer of black for the hair and

let it all dry. Then

I did the second layer.

After it dried I

did all the flowers in the girls hair.

This time they went outside to dry completely and then

they went into the kiln for firing.

Oh no, this was only 8 I have 16 more to do! These are as much work as a custom mug but I sure have had fun seeing the posts with them in use.

Cheers, Wendy