Post #780058 by danlovestikis on Tue, Sep 26, 2017 8:06 AM

hang10tiki I have buyers lined up for this weird Tiki Bob but before that happened he was touched up a bit and put into the kiln. I decided that the bisque showing needed a slight coat of glaze. He may change completely or get worse.

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I'm still working on projects for Nelson Parker aka Mahalo Tiki. It's possible that this one will not make it into the batch since firing takes so long.

I wanted to experiment with both the black and white Pingo glazes which are flat.

I don not have Moai in my brain so I printed some photos in the right size and I outlined them on the bowl (which is glazed and dry with under-glaze) with an underglaze pencil. Then I looked at these photos as I painted with glaze.

I filled in all the outlines with a regular black self glossing FN Mayco under-glaze as a base. It will be deeper black and glossy. I think it sticks better than Pingo. I could be wrong.

Days after it dried I scraped off some of the black so I could set the volcanos behind the tikis.

I then painted on "sand" colored glaze.

From this point on it's easy to see what I am doing. I am layering on Pingo and adding color to the hats. If you have questions about a photos please ask.

Again I have attached Duncan red crystals to the areas I want to be very red.

The glazing is done for now. But all of this is unpredictable and so I expect to touch it up once it is out of the kiln.