Post #760043 by danlovestikis on Wed, Mar 2, 2016 1:03 PM

hang10tiki 99.00

IDoVoodoo $85

MaukaHale $76

Danno At the risk of sounding like a big idiot and because you have a BIG heart, and you are learning a lot on this one . . . I will take a crazy guess at "FREE" (or $1)!! Don't get me wrong, none of your art should go for less than $100, so I hope I'm not digging the hole I am currently standing in deeper than it already is by my guess . . .

seagoat Well, Danno beat me to it but I would have guessed $0 since it was an experiment that you are apparently not happy with. I enjoy watching your thread and all of your process pics. May have to order something one of these days.

It's really nice to have these entries to view. Danno you are the winner. You are right I will let her have it free of charge. seagoat you were right too, I'm not happy to have used so many techniques to pull it off. She has all the supplies to make this sign as a real mosaic. If she does it I hope she'll share photos. I do know how to make one now and to be able to do it right if there is a next time.

Danno congratulations you get a little seahorse necklace, I was wrong it can also be upright.

Send me your address.

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Wish List #6 update on the Hot Tub Hula Girls. Horrors just like last time the skin tone glaze hates the black glaze causing skips and lots more work for Dan and I. Here's what this week has been like from start to finish.

The first batch has fired and I unloaded the kiln and

started re-loading with the last batch.

I don't like unglazed bottoms so when they come out of the kiln there are sharp spikes where they were supported. Dan sands these bottom for me.

When they come into the house I wash them off and do an inspection looking for flaws.

These all passed the inspection these others

did not. There were some areas that need a lot of fixing.

This one and

this one were two of the worst.

Others just needed a tweaking.

I use post it notes so that Dan knows what I need him to do to each mug.

He set up the dremmel and went to work grinding off the black glaze that moved to the center of the necks.

Here's the post dremmel work. I also need to fix the hair along the cheek.

Here's what one looked like after his work and my re-glazing. With a flash and

a photo without a flash.

The second load had fired and it now goes through all of the above steps. Out of the 30 mugs I needed to repair or tweak the glaze on 14. At least I can finish the glazing in one more load.

Now I have an empty kiln and I've done the re-glazing. I'm again loading the kiln. My electric bill is through the roof.

Back to sanding.

Back to re-glazing and

out in the sun to dry before firing again.

I still have some room in the kiln so I'll do a few more things and then hopefully fire one last time for the HTHG's.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2016-03-02 13:35 ]