Post #759719 by danlovestikis on Fri, Feb 26, 2016 8:25 AM

hang10tiki that made me shiver!

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Wish List #6 progress report. I found the perfect piece to go on the top shelf for this firing of the Hot Tub Hula Girls.

Barbara Lawrence ordered a mug, which I'm still going to tweak. She mentioned she was going to do a mosaic sign for her new business. I asked if I could do an experiment in making the sign in one piece. It would in the end look like a mosaic when I added grout.

I didn't have any good clay, it had hardened in the bag. So I cut slabs and sealed them together. That experiment was great because I had a separation between two of the slabs.

You can see it from the front.

So to hide this I used Magic Mend. Thank you MadDogMike for this wonderful product.

I let it dry overnight.

The next day I sanded it and removed the dust (I hope) and then did the first layer of glaze.

Drying between them I did the 2nd and 3rd layers of glaze.

Now I used a stiff brush with water to remove glaze from the top of the letters.

She requested a metallic glaze for the letters and mirror.

Done.

Then I glazed the mermaid all in white.

Then I cleaned off the aqua glaze on the stars and

glazed them in white.

I decided to do the frame in the same metallic glaze to keep it cohesive.

Done.

The next day I did a boarder around the back so that from the side, when hung, there wouldn't be any white showing.

The into the kiln. I didn't have any more short pieces to add.

When this is done I will be using enamel to add detail to the mermaid and the stars.

The load is firing!!! Wendy