I thought that all of these ideas should be put together as a leaning opportunity for everyone. They are all good ideas. It comes down to time vs cost vs Dan's labor (he likes working for tikis).

JenTiki

I don't really know anything about glazing ceramics, so this might be a silly suggestion, but ... would it be possible to dip the mug upside down in wax, just up to the edge of the coconut, and maybe rub the edge of the coconut with beeswax before pouring in the glaze for the inside? I would think that would create a resist to keep the glaze from sticking to the waxed parts. Then you could fire it once with just the inside glazed, the wax would burn off, then glaze the rest and fire again. Would that even work? Just a thought.

swizzle

Now as for the HTHG mugs, having to clean up the outsides of the over-pour is the same thing i had/have to deal with on my Bob'O'Nuts. Having the Hula Girls on the inside adds a lot more work for you, or Dan, as the case may be. While JenTiki's suggestion is one option you could try, what i'm thinking is, you could wrap the girls tightly with plastic wrap (I believe you guys call it saran wrap) and tape it down so that no glaze can run up under it when you pour it out, and then after you've removed it you can paint by hand back up to be level with the bowl.

Copied from facebook.

Kristina Worrall

Duncan Mask-N-Peel latex resist yet? You can cover any areas you don't want the glaze to go and after glazing peel off the latex to reveal an unglazed surface. I haven't personally used it, but others I know have and they really seem to like it. Maybe it would be worth a try? If you're interested you can buy it at bigceramicstore.com Best of luck and keep up the hard work :)

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Jen Tiki I have an entire gallon of wax resist and I do plan to use it one day for glazing effects. For the Hot Tub Hula Girls it would just be too expensive. Because of all the differences in thickness of the clay in this design I have to do 13.5 hour fires and once glazed not very many fit into the kiln. Otherwise it would be a good plan.

Swizzle I have a 10 pound roll of plastic wrap. I though about doing a wrap and never got around to it. For me it's less work to have Dan do this part. However you've convinced me that on the next run I should at least try it.

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Kristina Worrall is a facebook friend. Her idea is intriguing. I have to look into the cost of this latex product. Dan and I are fortunate that in decades of working in a hospital wearing latex gloves we are not allergic.

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Today we go to Alpha Fired Arts to pick up more slip and glaze so I can continue on with all these projects.

Wish List #6 continues with the next step on the Hot Tub Hula Girls #31 -60.

Oh Horrors. Johnny Velour requested that his HTHG mug had green water with Caribbean blue spots.
First I didn't have very much glaze to pull this off so I decided to risk it all by mixing three glazes together.

These tree didn't add up to enough to fill it to the top. Trying to swish the glaze around to coat the girl was a stupid error on my part. I should have worked with a brush. It's just hard to reach her back that way. Oh well. I made such a mess it even covered the outside of the coconut.

Dan worked his magic.

At the end of the two days all 30 HTHG mugs were ready for me. Actually I started on them the same day he started.

I would take the mug he just finished and wet down her chest.

I would scrape off as much as I could with a wooden stick. The at wet brush was used next. After all 30 were done I let them dry overnight to firm up the glaze and to make it dry so it could grab more coats.

Next I did one layer on all 30 and then the next day I did another layer on all 30.

Now they are lined up waiting for the

next step which is the coconut color.

At this point my hands needed a break so Dan and I took off for a trip. I took the computer so I could post each day while we were gone. I only missed yesterday while we were in the car for 12 hours.
Photos tomorrow. Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2016-02-13 09:41 ]