Post #754390 by danlovestikis on Fri, Nov 20, 2015 8:37 AM

hang10tiki I think it would be fun to see Laughlin and Gilligan's since we haven't been there in a decade.
Tiki Bob is still popular.

Holler Waller thank you, the groom was really happy but he only posts on fb.

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Wish List #6 Progress Report. It's good thing I started three months early because I'm still sculpting every day. It's fun to be months ahead of when I planned to start. In addition to sculpting here's what we've been doing over the last few days.

I dressed up for my time in the garage sanding.

When I started I spent so much money on sandpaper until someone told me about this reusable mesh. You can cut it up or keep it big. You can crunch it up so that it's soft enough to sand curves. It's wonderful. You can even wash it with a hose when it gets clogged. Jen Tiki's bowl.

Barbara Lawrence's mermaid mug.

Dan blew off the dust and

we loaded the top level of the kiln. The bottom level was filled back in October 29th. I have to work as the pieces dry.

Two days later we opened the kiln to see how they turned out.

Unloading I checked each piece. Jen Tiki's little lost tiki aka Ken Ruzic bowl is fine!

Now to unload the bottom level.

All the pieces have been brought outside to the table for washing.

The only problem I found was on the wall plaque. Two pieces of clay slabs separated. I will see if I can cover this with magic mend for glazing. It will certainly reduce the price I charge.

The rest is fine and now it's time to brave the ice water which I saved in covered cans for the past month. No wasting water in California.

lunavideogames your mug should go into an aquarium. It looks good in water.

The water still looks good enough to continue saving for this task.

IDoVooDoo's cannibal bowl is washed but the tiki cook is still drying in the house.

First time I ever saw Dan cold. The water made my hands numb.

We added these pieces to the rest of the Wish List on the dining room table. Our home is a tiki factory.

Next I covered everything with plastic table clothes to keep dust off. I always put the plastic side down because the soft side has fibers that are the same as dust.

I believe that when I finish sculpting and everything is dry I will have one more load to bisque fire. I will start glazing when I'm done sculpting and the last pieces are still drying.

When it's time to glaze I have to do a major dusting a vacuuming project first. One speck of dust on a surface can make the glaze pull back and that takes a lot of work to fix.

That's it for today, now it's back to the clay, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-11-20 09:14 ]