Post #769960 by danlovestikis on Thu, Nov 3, 2016 10:41 AM

hang10tiki come to our home.

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It's time to share a huge bowl I made this summer. I have so many photos to share this will take three days. So here goes.

Years ago a friend of mine from when I worked in Nuclear Medicine went to Easter Island. I asked her to let me use her photos from art. I finally got to it.
Here are some of her photos with one of my HUGE bowls. I printed them in the size that would work for the bowl.

I started by pouring in Blue Caprice by Duncan and swirling I around to coat the inside very well.

Once that was done I flipped the bowl over to glaze the bottom and sides with Dark Sapphire CN glaze also by Duncan. This is a self glazing underglaze.

After I wiped off the excess Blue Caprice I brought the Dark Sapphire up to the edge. I did four layers of this glaze and then let it dry for a few days. I didn't put it in the sun because if so many layers dried too fast they could crack.

Now that the blue was dry I started to paint the hills of Easter Island.

I flipped the bowl to get closer to the bottom edge.

This time I did dry them out in the sun. The drought in California is still severe so we do not try to keep a lawn going.

I wiped off the bottom edge with a wet paper towel and then let the bowl dry for a few days.

Now I took Jan's photos and cut out the tikis. Then I placed them around the bowl to see if they would all fit.

To keep the tikis accurate and to keep the size smaller rather than larger I used this part of each photo to trace an outline.

One down many more to go.

I took a carving tool and removed glaze so that there wouldn't be a thicker area running through the head of the tiki once it was fired.

Now it was time to start the next step.

It is so much fun to share all the steps. More tomorrow. Cheers, Wendy