Post #766403 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jul 19, 2016 8:44 PM

hang10tiki keep the fun flowing our way. I'm really missing Hawaii. You we'll see at Tiki Oasis!!!

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This bowl is very complicated to glaze. I wanted very much to tie it all together so that it didn't look like a circus. First I carried the carving from the bowl onto each tiki. Now I planned to carry the glaze from each tiki onto the bowl. I made some changes along the way.

I started with the blue tiki which ties into all the dark blue specks in the blue of the bowl.

I continued the blue around the entire bowl. I decided that I wouldn't carry it on to the other tikis which at one point I had planned. Just too busy.

The next tiki is a rust color and

I carried this color around the bowl.

It may look as if each of these bands are done but doing this requires repainting each line three times and then doing it upside down to perfect.

The bowl is so HUGE that I couldn't set a jar of glaze on my table. Because I rotate the bowl a lot while painting. I forgot once. Of course I knocked it off and it was open and black.

I had it down my pant leg too. I tried to wipe it up. This is why I have this extra carpet where I glaze. This is the worst accident I've had there.

Well I really still don't believe it but Dan was able to use Resolve carpet cleaner and to get it all out! Good product.

The next Tiki Bob is carved in a tapa pattern.

The color I chose to do around the bowl is orange and an over lay of cream with speckles.

The last color is Espresso and I started with the bowl and

then glazed the tiki.

At his point I have carried a line of sand glaze onto each tiki. This is about to change.

All of this glazing took a few days to accomplish. Now it sits and rests before I start on the monkey and some changes.

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I made my 3,000,000 views this morning. I was hoping for some congratulations. Oh well, now I'll work hard for the next million.

Cheers, Wendy