Post #778974 by danlovestikis on Thu, Aug 17, 2017 7:12 PM

hang10tiki those are adorable. It's fun that you had this bonding experience with Bob!

Dan has placed your swap tiki and

the gift you brought to us at Tiki Oasis.

Thank you so much for both.

Wish List #7 the hardest project both in making it and in glazing it. This was made for Nelson Osorio.

I start by getting some of the glazes out.

I autographed the bottom and I will glaze over this to make it permanent. It is an under-glaze pencil.

Nelson requested pint fading into yellow for the inside of the bowl.

I tried to do this by blending the colors with my fingers. I glazed the outside of the bowl.

Risky, I hope it works. I glazed a blue green water around the mermaid.

Three layers for each with drying time between meant this took an entire day.

After it dried overnight I started again.

It wasn't easy reaching all the places needing glaze. I just kept at it.

After the mermaid was glazed I

Moved on to do the hair. Each girl has a different color. Same with the eyes.

Now it was time to do the skin. I do 4 to five layers with Duncan CN glazes.

Doing the girls I raised the bowl to eye level to save my back.

I did the shirts and added designs such as pineapples and

palm trees.

Now it dries and fires.

I had two tiny glaze skips so it fired twice but here it is all done and even shipped off.

I'm so happy to have started the very last wish. It is for Gregory Ramirez and it is a black velvet in my Disney series.
It's gone very well.

Cheers, Wendy